Although the treatment of seeds to prevent disease is a practice of great antiquity, recent years have seen the advent of increasingly more sophisticated techniques. These can confer various advantages, including the production of seeds of uniform shape and size to facilitate sowing; protection against pests and diseases; control of dormancy; and enhancement of growth. Seed rather than foliar application of agrochemicals also has environmental advantages.
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