NDSU Extension Cereal Grains Pathologist Andrew Friskop is fielding questions about seed treatments. There are a few considerations when deciding whether to use a fungicide seed treatment. “Know your field history and if you had some issues with emergence or root rot in the past. I also remind them that the quicker a plant gets above the soil surface, the less of a chance for an issue with the stand, at least with wheat and barley.” NDSU Extension has a large data set on this issue. “Generally, we see an eight percent improvement in stand when a fungicide seed treatment is used.”
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