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Seed treatment is a term that describes both products and processes. Processes range from hot water treatment to priming. In all cases, the basis of application techniques such as seed coating and pelleting is to deliver the product to the seed at the correct dose and as uniformly as possible from seed-to-seed. Seed treatments can be used as a primary tool to conduct successful integrated pest management program for sustainable agriculture since they target the pests and diseases with smaller amounts of active ingredients per hectare and are not introduced into the atmosphere. In many cases, without the use of seed treatment, growers would have great difficulty in controlling certain early season seed-borne and soil-borne pests and diseases that would have to resort to more expensive and less environment-friendly methods.

‘Seed treatment can be done by the use of chemicals, biological and physical technologies. Chemical seed treatment is the most widely used around globe.

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The driving factors for this market are the increasing global population and food requirements, rise in cost of fertilizers & pesticides, and easier residue management. Seed treatment gained popularity due to various factors, including increasing cost of farm-level seed treatment and conventional agrochemical application, increased yield of high-quality agricultural produce, increasing rates of crop rotation and raising awareness among farmers about the benefits of using high-end agro products.

This report estimates the size of the global seed treatment market in terms of value. The market has been segmented on the basis of function, methods of treatment, crop type, and region. In 2014, the global seed treatment market was led by North America, where the U.S. is a major producer. Latin America is the second-largest region with regard to the application of seed treatment. The crop type considered are corn, soybean, cotton, canola, and others that include fruits & vegetables, turf, ornamental & forage crop, and other cereals & oilseed crops. The global seed treatment market is divided into regions and further into key country-level markets, and projected in terms of value. Drivers, restraints, opportunities, burning issues, and challenges of the market are also discussed in detail in the report.
 

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