| 单词 | seed treatment |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseed treatment seed treatment n. the action or process of treating seed prior to planting (e.g. by the application of heat, a pesticide, etc.) in order to protect it from pests or disease; a treatment of this type; a pesticide, etc., applied to seed, a seed dressing. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [noun] > treatment of seed emulsion1657 seed treatment1890 pregermination1942 biofortification1999 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [noun] > treatment of seed > seed-dressing hexachlorbenzene1885 seed treatment1890 1890 2nd Ann. Rep. Exper. Station Kansas State Agric. Coll. 1889 239 Soaking in brine is undoubtedly the oldest seed treatment against smut. 1959 A. Beaumont Dis. Farm Crops iii. 42 Covered smut is very much less common than it used to be before seed treatment was widely carried out. 1993 C. A. Meisner et al. in D. A. Saunders & G. P. Hettel Wheat in Heat-stressed Environments 364/2 All seed treatments contain a reddish blue dye that signals to all that the seed has been treated. 2013 Guardian 29 May 10/1 The insecticide fipronil poses a high acute risk to honeybees when used as a seed treatment for maize. < as lemmas |
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