SEED TREATMENT TUSSLE

摘要

Plenty of predators prepare to pounce on corn and soybean seeds once they're planted into a sea of soil. Besides diseases, subterranean insects such as wireworms and white grubs can ravage corn seed and seedlings. Meanwhile, aboveground insects, suchas j bean leaf beetles, can shred soybeanplants.Enter insecticidal seed treatments (ISTs). Farmers team these with fungicide seed treatments to help ensure excellent stands and early-season growth.Some ISTs belong to the neon-icotinoid family, which includesimidacloprid (Gaucho, Bayer Crop Science), clothianidin (Poncho, BASF), and thiame-thoxam (Cruiser, Syngenta).