单词 | seed dressing |
释义 | > as lemmasseed dressing seed dressing n. a preparation applied to seed prior to planting in order to protect it from pests or disease; the action or process of treating seed in this way.Cf. seed treatment n. ΚΠ 1808 Agric. Mag. Aug. 95 No dressing of seed has ever been used, and yet their success with respect to black or clean wheat, has..been upon a par with their seed-dressing brethren. 1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. p. lxxi/2 Seed Dressings, Liquid. 1977 M. B. Green et al. Chemicals for Crop Protection & Pest Control xii. 103 The convenience and economy of seed-dressing makes it..a clear choice when the disease can be controlled this way. 2008 Daily Tel. 30 Jan. 31/8 One of the neonicotinoid chemicals has been banned in France for a decade as a seed dressing on sunflowers. < as lemmas |
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