EC1809 The Whys and Hows of Cereal Seed Treatment

Extension Circular 1809 is called The Whys and Hows of Cereal Seed Treatment and it is about why cleaning and treating wheat, barley, and oats pays dividends each year in the form of better stands, reduction of weeds, and most important, in disease control. It also talks about why seed treatment is the best solution and it is because it is the easiest and most economically done by killing the spores on the seed with chemicals. At the very end, it describes the chemicals used for seed treatment, how and when to apply the chemicals, and the precautions necessary