	US 12,102,084 B2
	Processes for the preparation of treated seeds
William Abraham, Wildwood, MO (US); Gulam Ahmed, Ballwin, MO (US); and Shaun Raj Selness, Chesterfield, MO (US)
Assigned to MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Appl. No. 16/646,349
Filed by Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 12, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/050591 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 11, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2019/055470, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/557,230, filed on Sep. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0275648 A1, Sep. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. A01N 25/00 (2006.01); A01N 25/10 (2006.01); A01N 43/16 (2006.01); A01N 63/20 (2020.01); A01N 63/30 (2020.01); A01N 63/34 (2020.01); A01N 63/38 (2020.01); A01N 65/08 (2009.01)

CPC A01N 25/00 (2013.01) [A01N 25/10 (2013.01); A01N 63/20 (2020.01); A01N 63/30 (2020.01); A01N 63/34 (2020.01); A01N 63/38 (2020.01); A01N 43/16 (2013.01); A01N 65/08 (2013.01)]

21 Claims

1. A method of producing a treated seed having a polymeric coating, the method comprising:

applying a first seed treatment composition comprising an anionic polymer and a biological agent selected from the group consisting of bacteria, fungi, beneficial nematodes and viruses to a seed, thereby producing a wetted seed; and

spraying the wetted seed with a second seed treatment composition comprising one or more divalent metal cations, wherein the second seed treatment composition is applied to the wetted seed after a conditioning period of from about 1 second to about 30 seconds following the application of the first seed treatment composition.