Seed Health

Health

Health

The early stages of any living organism are vital to future growth and development. Seed health technologies offer a range of benefits that ensure the maximum potential of a plant’s growth, including disease-free seeds with the opportunity of increased nutrient uptake.

Seed Health technologies offer many benefits including:

  • Larger seedlings with longer, more developed roots
  • Faster speed of emergence
  • Improved uniformity
  • Earlier canopy development
  • Wider temperature range for germination
  • Increased final population
  • Optimised harvesting performance
  • More yield

Product List

Exilis is a seed hygiene process that removes or reduces seed borne contaminants from Swiss chard, red beet, celery and multiple brassica species

Exilis™ Swiss chard and red beet:

Product benefits:

  • Pseudomonas syringae pv. aptata. Reduced below 500 cfu in the standard test with 30.000 seeds
  • Positive effect on removal of Alternaria spp., Phoma betae
  • Minimal impact on seed vitality
  • Excellent shelf life tested to 6 months +

Exilis™ Brassica:

Product benefits:

  • • Removes Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris / Xanthomonas campestris pv. amoraciae (Xcc/Xca) bacteria from brassica seeds
    • Minimal impact on seed vitality
    • Excellent shelf life tested to 6 months +

Species availability:
Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Red Beet, Swiss Chard