Formulation comprising a beneficial
The present invention relates to a method of treating seed, comprising applying at least one plant treatment agent to said seed; and applying a dry formulation comprising/consisting of spores of P. bilaii and talc powder to said seed. The invention furthermore relates to a formulation for use in seed treatment comprising spores of P. bilaii and talc powder, seed treated with such formulation and methods of improving applicability and quality of P. bilaii spores and methods of improving plant growth, plant health or plant vigor.
1. A method of treating seed, comprising
a) applying a liquid comprising at least one seed treatment agent to said seed and
b) applying a dry formulation comprising spores of the fungus Penicillium bilaii and talc powder to the seeds, wherein the at least one seed treatment agent is selected from the group consisting of a plant protection agent, a plant growth promoting agent, a seed coating agent or an inoculant.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein step a) and b) are performed simultaneously.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the seed is selected from the group consisting of Canola, oilseed rape, wheat, soybean, cotton, sugar beet, beans, corn, alfalfa, peas, lentils, flax and barley seed.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the seed is Canola seed.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said plant protection or plant growth promoting agent is a chemical agent.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said plant protection agent is a biological control agent.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said plant protection agent comprises a chemical agent selected from the group consisting of azoxystrobin, benzovindiflupyr, boscalid, cyprodinil, fludioxonil, fluxapyroxad, iprodione, metalaxyl, mefenoxam, metconazole, penthiopyrad, picoxystrobin, propiconazole, prothioconazole, pyraclostrobin, sedaxane, tebuconazole, penflufen, clothianidin, trifloxystrobin, cyantraniliprole, fluquiconazole, fluopyram, fluoxastrobin, flupyradifurone, thiamethoxam, chlorantraniliprole, sulfloxaflor, difenoconazole, picarbutrazox, ethaboxam, chlorantraniliprole, chlorpyrifos, deltamethrin, dimethoate, imidacloprid, cyazypyr, cyhalothrin-lambda, permethrin, spirotetramate, and tetraniliprole and a combination thereof and/or a biological agent selected from the group consisting of Bacillus subtilis strain QST713, Bacillus subtilis strain GB03, Bacillus firmus strain I-1582, Bacillus pumilus strain QST 2808, Bacillus pumilus strain GB34, and Bacillus subtilis strain MB600, and a combination thereof.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said plant protection agent is in a liquid formulation.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step b) said seed is treated with a formulation consisting of spores of P. bilaii and talc powder.
10. A method according to claim 1 wherein the Penicillium bilaii spores and talc powder are provided in a ratio of between 1:100 and 1:10.
11. A method of improving plant growth, plant health or plant vigor comprising growing seed obtained by the method of claim 1 .
12. A seed treated according to the method of claim 1 .
13. A method of improving plant growth, plant health or plant vigor comprising growing the seed of claim 12 .