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Collaborative project: Development of Innovative Seed Treatment Techniques for Cereal Seed Treatment Plants: Avoiding dust emission for a sustainable and ecologically safe crop production - subproject 2
Project
Project code: 2815404610
Contract period: 01.10.2011
- 31.05.2014
Budget: 180,775 Euro
Purpose of research: Experimental development
Practical experience has shown that seed treatment agents with insufficient sticking properties may escape into the environment and cause environmental damage. The present project aims at minimizing dust abrasion of cereal seed treatments by means of innovative techniques for optimized seed treatment approaches. A novel module for seed treatment post-processing (drying) is supposed to ensure that seed treatment agents will be carefully dried and conditioned in order to achieve a significant reduction of dust and abrasion in ceral seeds. After concept development and adaptation, a pilot conversion of an existing plant for vegetable seed treatment is planned to be realized in four subsequent steps. The test arrangements will for the first time allow a direct comparison of rotary batch and the widespread continuous batch coaters at real-life level. The tests for improving the stickiness of seed treatment agents will be carried out on these seed treatment plants and the technical components will be validated under standardised conditions. The test arrangements will permit to carry out representative analyses concerning coating quality and abrasion in the real-life context of different seed treatment plants and to take samples at all process steps. It is planned to use at least 6 seed treatment agents in combination with different sticking agents, partly with micro-nutrienta additives. The dust abrasion will be determined with the Heubach test method, and selected samples will be examined for residual agents.
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Protection
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Institute for Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland (JKI-A)
Participating institutions
Funding institution
Project management agencies
Associated projects: Collaborative project: Development of Innovative Seed Treatment Techniques for Cereal Seed Treatment Plants: Avoiding dust emission for a sustainable and ecologically safe crop production
- Collaborative project: Development of Innovative Seed Treatment Techniques for Cereal Seed Treatment Plants: Avoiding dust emission for a sustainable and ecologically safe crop production - Subproject 3
- Collaborative project: Development of Innovative Seed Treatment Techniques for Cereal Seed Treatment Plants: Avoiding dust emission for a sustainable and ecologically safe crop production – Subproject 4
