Importance of biological seed treatment to improve vegetables seed quality
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ABSTRACT
Seed treatment with beneficial microbes or biocontrol agents is called biological seed treatment. Vegetable seed quality includes the physical, pathological, genetic and physiological that leads to successful crop establishment and yield . Use of BCA’s as seed treatments can play an important role in most aspects of seed quality, and be of particular benefit for improved seeding growth under stressful conditions. It not only improve the quality of seed but also protect seed from different seed borne diseases and make the seed healthy.
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