Seed Treatments EU 2014

Topics

• Seed treatment regulatory updates
• Seed treatment product updates
• An introduction to the seed treatment industry
• Strategies to develop chemical and biological seeds treatments
• Seed treatment vs. standard crop protection products
• Formulation case studies for seed treatments
• Storage stability challenges and how to deal with these
• Insight into manufacturing of biologicals and seed treatments
• Looking at biological seed treatments and how these are formulated
• Principles and practicalities of seed enhancement: equipment, materials and other inputs, operational procedures and constraints, process engineering and turnaround times
• The agronomic importance and value of seed enhancements across crops: pelleting, film-coating, priming, encrusting and disinfection
• Challenges and opportunities of delivering living micro-organisms by seed inoculation
• Key quality characteristics of seed enhancements, their measurement and production control