Micronutrient application through seed treatments - a review

By Muhammad Farooq, A. Wahid, Kadambot H. M. Siddique. 2012

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Micronutrients are vital for plant growth and human health. Soil and foliar applications are the most prevalent methods of micronutrient addition but the cost involved and difficulty in obtaining high quality micronutrient fertilizers are ma- jor concerns with these in developing countries. Micronutrient seed treatments, which include seed priming and seed coating, are an attractive and easy alternative. Here in this review, we discuss the potential of micronutrient seed treatments for improving crop growth and grain nutrient enrichment. Micronutrient application through seed treatments improves the stand establishment, advances phenological events, and increases yield and micronutrient grain contents in most cases. In some instances, seed treatments are not beneficial; however, the negative effects are rare. In most cases, micronutrient application through seed treatment performed better or similar to other application methods. Being an easy and cost effective method of micronutrient application, seed treatments offer an attractive option for resource- poor farmers.

Subfields: Plant Science, Soil Science

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Zinc biofortification in rice: leveraging agriculture to moderate hidden hunger in developing countries (2018, methodology): “The seed treatment for Zn application can be practiced by two ways: seed priming and seed coating (Farooq et al. 2012).”
Impact of Nutrient Seed Priming on Germination, Seedling Development, Nutritional Status and Grain Yield of Maize (2015, background): “…use of biotechnology, hybrid seeds, mechanical seed treatments such as polishing off or removal of seed coat (testa), sorting the seeds into different seed size classes and various seed treatments like seed coating, pelleting, or soaking in different solutions (seed priming) (Farooq et al., 2012).”
Zinc nutrition in wheat-based cropping systems (2017, background): “Seed coating is an effective strategy for improving the crop stand and plant growth (Scott and Blair 1988; Farooq et al. 2012) and an economical approach due to the small amount of nutrient used (Baudet and Peres 2004).”