Seed Treatments

Seed treatments offer the most targeted, effective, practical, cost-effective and environmentally friendly approach to crop protection. It protects your crop from the moment of sowing, protecting through the vital germination and early establishment phases, maximizing yield potential. The active ingredient only covers the surface of each seed - so it's always located right where its needed, and the total amount of chemical used to protect your crop is dramatically reduced.

Seed treatments are professionally applied by PlantTech accredited seed cleaning sheds to ensure correct application of seed treatments, maximising their benefits.

PlantTech Seed Treatment Options - 2006/07

Product Category

Seed Treatment

Disease/Pest

Barley - Queensland

Prograin ® C

Loose smut, covered smut.

Barley - NSW, Vic, SA, WA

Baytan ® C

Zorro ®
(available on order from selected seed sheds)

Covered and loose smut. Suppression of seedling infections of powdery mildew. Suppression of seedling infections of leaf scald.

Bunt, flag smut, control of seedling infections of powdery mildew, suppression of seedling infections of leaf scald (not Queensland ).

Canola

Jockey ®
Gaucho ®

Suppression of blackleg. Early season control of red legged earth mite, blue oat mite, turnip aphid, cabbage aphid and green peach aphid.

Lentils

P Pickel T

Ascochyta blight, Seedling root rots (Fusarium spp., Pythium spp.).

Wheat - durum

Premis™ Protect

Covered smut, flag smut and loose smut. Protection against insect pests of stored grains: lesser grain borer, granary weevil, rice weevil, rust-red flour beetle, saw-toothed grain beetle, tropical warehouse moth.

Wheat - Queensland

Prograin ® C

Loose smut, bunt, seed borne flag smut, soil borne loose smut.

Wheat - NSW, Vic, SA, WA

Baytan ® C


Hombre ®
(available on order from selected seed sheds)

Jockey ®
(available on order from selected seed sheds)

Bunt, flag smut (seed and soil borne), loose smut. Suppression of seedling infections of stripe rust.

Common but, seed and soil borne flag smut, loose smut, stripe rust (control for up to 6 weeks after sowing, with good suppression thereafter), leaf rust (control for up to 4 weeks after sowing, with good suppression thereafter).

Suppression of take-all and Septoria tritici blotch.

Wheat and Barley - VIC, SA, NSW

Dividend ®

(Dividend available on selected wheat and barley varieties)

Pythium Root Rot, Covered Smut, Bunt and Flag Smut

Chickpea - QLD and N/NSW

Thiraflo ®

Botrytis and Ascochyta (seed borne) and Pythium

Observe withholding periods for seed treatments when grazing or cutting for stock feed.

NB: For more information on treatments available for particular varieties contact PlantTech Customer Service toll free on 1800 112 400.