Care needed with seed treatments

摘要

Seed treatments have increasingly come under the regulatory spotlight over the past couple of years. Rising concern over neonico-tinoid compounds and bee safety, fuelled by campaign groups and the media, might have been the trigger, but there is alsoconcern in general over risk to the environment through accidents. All treatments are potentially under scrutiny, and we all have to play our part to safeguard their use. Despite these concerns it must be remembered that all approved products have been through a rigorous registration process that allows safe use when applied and drilled as directed.