Seed treatment is the process of applying certain physical, chemical, or biological agents to the seed prior to sowing. These agents protect the seeds from pathogens, insects, and other pest attacks. The seeds are very small in size and can easily get contaminated by fungal or bacterial infection. Due to this, farmers are widely accepting seed treatment products and treated seeds to leverage the advantages coupled with them. These seed treatment products are used in various crops including wheat, maize, soybean, canola, cotton, rice, sorghum, solanaceae, leafy vegetables, cucurbits, brassicas, root & bulb vegetables, and forage crops. In this report, the growth rate of the global seed treatment market has been accounted including factors such as products sold in previous years, treated seeds sold in previous years, government supporting policies, and area harvested under the crops, among others.
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