Conventional

The following is a list of seed applied crop protection treatments that are available upon request. Some of the crop protection seed treatments listed may not be registered for sale or use in all states or counties. Please check with your local extension service to ensure registration status before ordering.

Species availability:
Broccoli, Cabbage, Cantaloupe, Carrot, Cauliflower, Celery, Cucumber/Gherkin, Jalapeno, Leek, Lettuce, Melon, Onion/Shallot, Parsley, Parsnip, Pea, Pepper, Pumpkin, Radish, Squash, Swiss chard, Tomatoes, Watermelon

Emergis is a process that helps improve the speed of germination, provides a more uniform emergence, and promotes earlier and stronger plant establishment.

Species availability:
Arugula, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cantaloupe, Carrot, Cucumber/Gherkin, Endive, Escarole, Gherkin, Jalapeno, Lettuce, Onion/Shallot, Parsley, Parsnip, Pepper, Radicchio, Radish, Spinach, Tomatoes

Filmcoat elite is an upgraded conventional filmcoat scientifically formulated for carrots and jalapeno peppers. Filmcoat elite improves plant nutrient uptake and supports early plant development, which aids in increasing root mass and improves seedling development.

Filmcoat elite Carrot Overview

Key benefits

• Larger seedlings with longer, more developed roots: Optimize access to moisture and nutrients
• Vigorous leaf canopy growth: Outcompete weeds and maximize photosynthesis
• Uniform root growth: Beneficial for maximizing harvest of root crops
• Increases yield potential: Beneficial for growers

Filmcoat elite (left) vs. Untreated (right)

Increased yield

Yield increases of up to 20% have been noted for filmcoat elite on carrot, ultimately offering more value to everyone.

control vs. Filmcoat elite on carrots

Total Yield per 9ft Control vs. Filmcoat

Filmcoat elite Jalapeno Overview

Situation

A commercial breeder who produces jalapeno pepper varieties that are popular amongst growers in North America and Mexico inquired with Germains Seed Technology to see if a treatment could be developed to improve the vigor and foliage growth of jalapeno plants. The treatments also needed to be compatible with crop protection products such as thiram. Their objective was to increase the plant’s foliar mass of a popular jalapeno variety to help protect the fruit from sun damage. They theorized that the dense canopy would protect the fruit from sunscald and therefore improve the number of harvestable fruit and improve yield.

Solution

Sunscald may decrease harvestable yield, especially when harvesting the crop two or three times. To obtain more foliage and improve plant vigor for sun protection, the Filmcoat elite treatment was applied to jalapeno pepper seeds. Two independent commercial growers in Bakersfield, California, and Sinaloa, Mexico planted 100,000 seeds treated with Filmcoat elite thiram and 100,000 treated with thiram. The grower’s reported “that jalapeno seeds treated with Filmcoat elite and thiram produced more developed roots, stronger plant structure, and more foliar weight, and reduced the number of fruit damaged by sunscald.”

Key benefits

• Vigorous leaf canopy growth: Protect fruit from sunscald, optimizing plants for multiple harvests
• Larger seedlings with increased foliage: Improve plants ability to withstand the transplant process
• Enhances root development: Strengthen plants for growth in harsh growing conditions
• Increases yield potential: Provide benefit for growers

Untreated vs. filmcoat elite on jalapenos

Field trials

Compared with seed treated with only a filmcoat with Thiram, grower trials demonstrate that jalapenos treated with filmcoat elite and Thiram develop more roots, stronger plant structure, a more vigorous plant canopy to protect the fruit from sunscald, and a continued onset of flowers after the first harvest. Filmcoat elite is compatible with emergis® priming, thiram, and other crop protection seed treatments.

Results

Compared to seed treated with only thiram, trial data suggests that the jalapenos treated with filmcoat elite combined with thiram developed more roots, stronger plant structure, heavier plant weight, and more setting fruit. Trial data also reports that the crops experienced a continued onset of flowers after the first harvest.

Need a pellet with the same benefits?

Based upon our success of ProPellet® elite for celery, Germains has tailored the propellet elite as an upgraded pellet that adds the elite benefits that help support plant growth for healthy carrot, jalapeno, and tomatillo crops.

Species availability:
Carrot, Jalapeno, Tomatillo

Species availability:
Arugula, Basil, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cantaloupe, Carrot, Cauliflower, Celery, Cucumber/Gherkin, Jalapeno, Kale, Leek, Lettuce, Melon, Onion/Shallot, Parsley, Parsnip, Pepper, Pumpkin, Radish, Spinach, Squash, Swiss chard, Tomatoes, Watermelon

Clean seed, pure & simple.

Yield is a primary focus when developing seed technologies. However, without clean and healthy seed, potential yield increases may be compromised. Seed-borne diseases are a serious issue that costs both the seed industry and vegetable growers a significant amount of money each year. Gopure is a conventional seed disinfection treatment that uses a combination of processes and/or crop protection products that inhibit the growth of seed-borne pathogens, such as Xanthomonas. Customizable to meet your field challenge, stack gopure with conventional fungicides for added protection from soil-borne pathogens such as Pythium, Rhizoctonia, and Fusarium.

Key benefits:

• Reduces pathogens to nearly undetectable levels post-treatment
• Improves seed and seedling health, helping to optimize yield
• Causes little to no impact on germination or shelf life
• Protects future crop rotations by reducing the transfer of pathogenic organisms into the field
• Microplastic free

Seed disinfection treatment for carrots

Carrot overview

Bacterial leaf blight, otherwise known as Xanthomonas campestris pv. carotae, is a concern to carrot seed producers and growers in many regions of the world. The bacterium can survive on or in a carrot seed, spreading via the seed’s movement through the supply chain into the field. Planting healthy, clean seed is an essential first step for effectively managing bacterial leaf blight.

Carrot trial data

Tested on five carrot varieties, independent lab results conclude gopure is an effective solution for removing Xanthomonas from carrot seed without impacting germination or shelf life.

Third-party trial data

Tested on five carrot varieties, independent lab results conclude gopure is an effective solution for removing Xanthomonas from carrot seed without impacting germination or shelf life.

Species availability:
Carrot

Minimize stress, maximize performance.

The early stages of any living organism are vital to future growth and development. Germains has developed a technology that focuses on early plant nutrition, even before the plant emerges, ensuring its success in variable growing conditions. Goseed maximizes the potential nutrient uptake of the seedling, offering many benefits to both the plant and the grower.

Key benefits

“After monitoring a few trials with control vs goseed, I have noticed an obvious difference in Emergence, Weight, and Yield.” Arturo Munoz, Romaine Harvest Manager at Ocean Mist

Desert lettuce trial

Germains conducted summer Heat Stress Trials and fall Value Justification trials for three consecutive years in Yuma, Arizona. The objective was to demonstrate the performance of Germains lettuce desert pellets versus our competitors.

Trial details

Number of lettuce varieties trialed: 6
Priming: Emergis
Pellets: Oxykote® & Propellet® Heavy + goseed
Compared with market standard desert primed and pelleted products

Visible trial results: Lettuce goseed improves uniformity and yield

Summary

Germains continue to deliver products that outperform competitors’ in early emergence and under high-temperature stress, leading to an increase in potential yield and benefiting the grower in the field. To improve emergence and overcome thermodormancy, goseed is an effective seed treatment solution.

Species availability:
Lettuce

A tan, heavy, split-type seed pellet offering excellent plantability and uniform placement.

Species availability:
Endive, Escarole, Lettuce, Radicchio, Tobacco

A versatile white, heavy, melting seed pellet that allows rapid oxygen uptake, also known as propellet® heavy. Popular among leafy vegetable growers located in the Pacific Northwest and California growing regions.

Species availability:
Endive, Escarole, Lettuce, Radicchio

High-quality lightweight seed pellet, also known as propellet® light, is commonly used in coastal regions of California.

Species availability:
Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrot, Celery, Cucumber/Gherkin, Endive, Escarole, Jalapeno, Kale, Leek, Lettuce, Onion/Shallot, Parsnip, Pepper, Radicchio, Red Beet, Tomatoes

Proflo is a seed encrustment coating that increases the seed size and weight to help improve singulation when planted with a vacuum seeder. Proflo improves singulation during planting vs. planting raw seed while making the seed more visible in the soil. Unlike the traditional round pellet with a specific pellet size, encrustments maintain the seed’s natural shape while adding bulk and weight to the seed so that it flows through vacuum planters with fewer skips and doubles.

Key benefits:

• Improved integrity for easy planting and singulation
• Significant reduction in dust-off
• Elimination of buildup requirements for FarMore® applications
• Finished desired seed count accuracy ranging from 55K to 95K +/- 5K seed per lb
• Reduction in the number of doubles and skips

New proflo seed encrustment for onions

Germains R&D team recently reformulated the conventional proflo seed encrustment for onions. The new formula enhanced the encrustment’s integrity, reduced dust-off, and improved the accuracy of the final coated seed count per lb. to meet planter specifications.

R&D summary:

This product is designed to build to seed count accuracy (±5000) by customer’s preference. It was launched only after passing all tests conducted in our laboratory and field trials for a couple of years. Proflo passed plantability and pellet integrity tests using an air planter at variable disc speed and vacuum pressure. While performing the air planter test, data were generated for seed flowability on doubles, skips, broken seeds, and dust-off.

The air planter handled all seed treatments as per expectation without crumbling or damaging seed with minimal or no dust-off. Seed count targets were met successfully with each build runs to target seed counts. Dust-off was reduced by 80% over standard proflo. Chemical loading (F300 and FI 500) tests remained within the target range as per the product’s rate of application recommendations. Field trials also met or exceeded expectations on seed emergence, total germination, and applicable transplant requirement.

Final seed count accuracy testing:

Extensive testing has been conducted to achieve accuracy for accommodating requests for final seed counts.

Three color options:

Species availability:
Carrot, Endive, Escarole, Lettuce, Marigold, Onion/Shallot, Parsnip, Radicchio

An upgrade to our standard seed encrustment, proflo precise, is a heavier build than our standard encrustment and designed to improve singulation and flow through precision planters that helps to increase planting speed. Initially formulated for baby leaf lettuce producers seeking to reduce the wear on planter sponges and improve precision planting accuracy.  Due to grower demand, proflo precise is now available for gherkin!

Species availability:
Cucumber/Gherkin, Gherkin, Lettuce

Strong roots deliver strong transplants.

Propellet elite is a targeted, precise approach for enhancing seed genetics for optimal seedling establishment. By adding essential micronutrients to the pellet, the seed’s radical begins to absorb nutrients as soon as it emerges, helping to strengthen the seedling root and foliage mass to withstand the field transplant process.

Key benefits

• Promotes vigorous canopy development
• Enhances root development
• Aids early plant development, so seedlings
  withstand transport and field transplanting
• Improves stand counts to increase yield potential

Propellet elite is an innovative solution to a grower’s problem

Propellet elite product development began with a single customer inquiry. A commercial celery grower was experiencing crop loss when transporting seedlings from the greenhouse to the field. The customer contacted Germains to see if a seed technology could be developed to improve celery seedling vigor and root mass for transplanting. Based on the grower’s circumstances, Germains’ Research and Development team customized an existing seed pellet by combining it with beneficial health products that deliver stronger roots and canopy vigor to improve the crop’s overall performance from transplant to harvest.

Product summary

Since 2014, propellet elite continues to aid the successful establishment of thousands of acres of celery each year. Due to grower recognition of its beneficial properties and the need for cost-effective solutions to enhance seed performance in the greenhouse and the field, the elite seed technology is now available as a pellet and filmcoat for carrots, jalapenos, and tomatillos.

This conventional seed technology enables jalapenos and tomatillo growers to bypass transplanting and direct sow into the field to save on transplant costs. Carrots, jalapenos, and tomatillos thrive in the field when planted with nutrient-rich propellet elite and filmcoat elite. Ask a Germains representative for more information!

Species availability:
Carrot, Celery, Jalapeno, Tomatillo

Prosun is a seed coating for sunflowers that provides added weight and a smooth, slick finish that enables sunflower seeds to flow smoothly through planters. Designed for precision air planters, Prosun seed coating helps growers achieve accurate field populations. Prosun pellets may be applied to raw or treated seeds.  Seed distributors may provide crop protection chemicals for application as a filmcoat during the coating process.

Key benefits:

• Adds weight to seed for improved placement in the field
• Maximizes flowability through planters
• Uniform coating and seed sizing
• Precision application of agrochemicals

*Not recommended for air seeders or finger planters

Germination and emergence trial result

No significant differences in germination or emergence were observed. Data represents four trials combined: NDSU REC’s Carrington & Minot 2017, 2018. Four varieties/seed fields were tested in each trial. Sizes within a seed lot originated from the same seed field. Seeds were counted equally between treatments and planted with a cone planter.

Precision Planting | Raw vs. prosun®

Skips and multiples trial results

Number per 100 feet of row. Data represent three trials combined. NDSU REC’s Carrington 2017, 2018, Minot 2018. Two varieties were tested in each trial. Sizes within a variety from the same seed field.

Improve Singulation Reduce Multiples Raw vs. prosun® 

Sunflower yield improvement

No differences in oil content, moisture, or test weight were observed. Data represent two varieties tested at each of the three trials. 2017-2018 NDSU Research Extension Center (REC), Carrington, ND, 2018 NDSU REC, Minot ND. All sizes from the same seed field. Revenue was calculated using an average NuSun selling price of $16.67, Enderlin, ND (Source: NSA Daily Market News).

Accurate Spacing to Improve Yield Raw vs. prosun®

Added crop protection | Pretreated seed application

Prosun is a seed coating for sunflowers that may be applied to raw or treated seeds. Seed distributors may provide crop protection chemicals as a filmcoat during the coating process. Please speak with your seed distributor about crop protection products they may have available.

Species availability:
Sunflower, Sunflower