Seed Treatment

Crop

Pest/Disease

Seed Treatment

Remarks

Sugarcane

Root rot, wilt

Carbendazim (0.1%) 2 g/kg seed

Trichoderma spp. 4-6 g/kg seed

For seed dressing metal seed dresser / earthern pots or polythene bags are used.

Rice

Root rot disease

Trichoderma 5-10 g/kg seed (before transplanting)

-do-

other insects/pests

Chloropyriphos 3g/kg seed.

Bacterial sheath blight

Pseudomonas fluorescens 0.5% W.P. 10 gm/kg.

Root knot nematode

Seed soaking in 0.2% of Monocrotophos for 6 hours

-do-

White tip nematode

Seed soaking in 0.2% solution of Monocrotophos

-do-

Chillies

Anthracnose spp.

Damping off

Seed treatment with Trichoderma viride 4g/kg, Carbandazim @ 1g/100 g seed.

-do-

Soil borne infection of fungal disease

Trichoderma viride @ 2 gm/kg. seed and Pseudomonas flourescens, @ 10g/kg, Captan 75 WS @ 1.5 to 2.5 g a.i./litre for soil drenching.

-do-

Jassid, aphid, thrips

Imidacloprid 70 WS @ 10-15 gm a.i./kg seed

Pigeon pea

Wilt,

Blight and Root rot

Trichoderma spp. @ 4 g/kg. seed

For seed dressing metal seed dresser/earthern pots or polythene bags are used.

Pea

Root rot

Seed treatment with

-   Bacillus subtilis

-    Pseudomonas fluorescens

Soil application @ 2.5 – 5 kg in 100 kg FYM

or

Carbendazim or Captan 2 g/kg seed

-do-

White rot

Thiram + Carbendazim 2 g/ kg seed

Carbendazim or Captan 2 g / kg seed

Bhendi

Root knot nematode

Paecilomyces lilacinus and Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 10 g/kg as seed dresser.

-do-

Tomato

Soil borne infection  of fungal disease

Early blight

Damping off

Wilt

T. viride @ 2 g/100gm seed.

Captan 75 WS @ 1.5 to 2.0 g a.i./litre for soil drenching.

Pseudomonas fluorescens and V. clamydosporium @ 10g/kg as seed dresser.

For seed dressing metal seed dresser/earthern pots or polythene bags are used.

Coriander

Wilt

Trichoderma viride @ 4 g/kg seed.

-do-

Brinjal

Bacterial wilt

Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 10g/kg.

-do-

Leguminous Vegetables

Soil borne infection

Trichoderma viride @ 2 gm/100g seed.

-do-

Nematode

Carbofuran/Carbosulfan 3% (w/w)

Sunflower

Seed rot

Trichoderma viride @ 6 g/kg  seed.

-do-

Jassids, Whitefly

Imidaclorprid 48FS @ 5-9 g a.i. per kg seed

Imidacloprid 70WS @ 7 g a.i. per kg seed

Wheat

Termite

Treat the seed before sowing with any one of the following insecticides.

Chlorpyriphos @ 4 ml/kg seed or Endosulfan @ 7ml / kg seeds

For seed dressing metal seed dresser / earthern pots or polythene bags are used

Bunt/False smut/loose smut/covered smut

Thiram 75% WP

Carboxin 75 % WP

Tebuconazole 2 DS @ 1.5 to 1.87 g a.i. per kg seed.

T. viride 1.15 % WP @ 4 g/kg.

Cruciferous  vegetables

(Cabbage, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Knol-khol, radish)

Soil / Seed  borne  diseases (Damping off)

Root knot nematode

Seed treatment with Trichoderma viridi @ 2 g / 100 g  seeds

Captan 75% WS @ 1.5 to 2.5 g a.i./litre for soil drenching.

Pseudomonas fluorescens and Verlicillium clamydosporium @ 10g/kg seed as seed dresser.

-do-

Gram

Wilt and damping off

Seed treatment with Trichoderma viridi 1% WP @ 9 g/kg seeds

Combination of Carbendazim with Carbosulfan @ 0.2% Carbendazim with Thiram with Carbosulfan @ 0.2%

Treat the seed with Chlorpyriphos 20 EC @ 15-30 ml a.i./kg seed.

Potato

Soil and Tuber borne diseases

Seed treatment with MEMC 3% WS @ 0.25% or boric acid 3% for 20 minutes before storage.

Barley

Loose smut

Covered smut

Leaf stripe

Termite

Carboxin 75% WP

Thiram 75% WP @ 1.5 to 1.87 gm a.i./kg seed.

Treat the seed with Chlorpyriphos @ 4 ml/kg seed.

Capsicum

Root knot nematode

Pseudomonas fluorescens 1% WP, Paecilomyces lilacirius and Verticillium chlamydosporium 1% WP @ 10g/kg as seed dresser.