Tohum Kaplama ve Sürdürülebilir Tarım

Özet

Increased productivity in agriculture is possible with technological developments. One of these technologies is the protection of seed quality. Synthetic seeds are artificially encapsulated plant propagation material. It is coated with special substances containing nutrients and protective compounds. The main goal of seed coating technologies is to enable small seeds to grow to larger and uniform sizes. Synthetic seed production offers the opportunity for a cheap and practical tissue culture production technique. Plant nutrients, fungicides, insecticides, herbicides and beneficial organisms can be added to the seed coating material. Seed coating technologies are mostly carried out as pelletizing, film coating or pellet+film coating methods. Owing to the seed coating method, the performance of the seeds for germination will increase and thus the ability of the plants to combat against possible diseases and pests during the germination and seedling periods will increase. One of the difficulties in agricultural practice and research today is how to cope with biotic and abiotic stress conditions, especially climatic changes, in an economically and environmentally sustainable approach. In this prepared study, information is given about seed coating and its applications in field crops.