SEED TREATMENT: IMPORTANCE OF PRODUCTS AND EQUIPMENT

Abstract

Seed treatment is extremely important and beneficial for all crops, which aims to eliminate and control fungi, insects and other pests that attack seeds, seedlings and plants. For this, it is necessary to use new technologies and agricultural equipment that help in the treatment of these seeds, making the producer more profitable. This literary review aims to describe different types of seed treatments and agricultural equipment that can help in this process. This study took place between October and November 2022 and used different works as a basis to develop this review, in which it can be seen that the demand for seed treatment in Brazil has increased in relation to the use of fungicides and application technologies and equipment. , where it can be concluded that seed treatment is constantly evolving, both with regard to seed treatment equipment and the chemical and biological products used.