“Copper sulphate and germination : treatment of seed with copper sulphate to prevent the attacks of fungi”
The protest of treating seed with some compound before planting is fourfold: (1) To hurry germination, (2) to outfit sustenance for the youthful idant, (3) to shield the seed from creepy crawly and other creature i^ests, what's more, (4) to keep the assaults of organisms. Examinations have been con- ducted with more prominent or less accomplishment in every one of these lines, however it is just with the last that this paper is concerned. To keep the assaults of organisms numerous sorts of seed treatment have been attempted. These medicines might be characterized under two heads — treatment with synthetic concoctions and treatment with warm. It has for some time been realized that where the spores of a growth are available on seed when sown the growth can taint numerous plants. The spores of numerous mucks grow all the while with the seed, and discovering passage into the sensitive tissues of the youthful plant, the organism is protected from all outer medicat...