CropsSeed treatment kept maize yields up with 30% less nitrogen, Arevo trials report
The Swedish company's arginine-phosphate seed coating was tested by contract researchers in Europe and Brazil; the results are company-released.
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Crops
CropsChitosan seed coating raised wheat yield potential in Russian lab trials
Saint Petersburg State University researchers coated soft wheat seed with chitosan and glyoxal; the best method raised potential yield more than 1.5 times in laboratory experiments and cut disease risk.
Agrotech
Sound Agriculture launches microbial seed coating for high-ammonium corn fields
INFLECT, a powder of two bacteria and one fungus applied to corn seed at planting, is designed to protect roots and yields where fields get anhydrous ammonia or heavy manure.
Crops
Syngenta Curanza gives canola and mustard a higher dose against flea beetles
Registered for the 2027 season in Canada, Curanza carries 800 g of cyantraniliprole per 100 kg of seed against competitors' rates of up to 500 g, and is available through CANTERRA SEEDS and BrettYoung; flea beetles alone cost canola growers more than $160 million a year.
Organic
Leaps by Bayer leads Robigo Bio Series A for engineered crop biologicals
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Robigo Bio has closed a Series A round led by Leaps by Bayer to bring engineered microbial seed treatments for soybean Sudden Death Syndrome and fusarium wilt to market in 2028 and 2029.