Influence of 45% seed coating polymer formulations with Copper (Cu), Manganese (Mn) and Zinc (Zn) mixture on plant Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) at 4 through 10 weeks following planting of soybeans near Blackville, SC from 2011 to 2012
Table 2 shows that plant NDVI at 7 weeks after planting significantly increased by 10.5% with application of polymer seed coating treatment at 395 mL 100 kg seeds-1 compared to control. Plant NDVI was also significantly greater at 8 (10.2 and 10.8%) and 10 (4.6 and 4.2%) weeks following planting with applications of seed treatments at 265 mL and 395 mL 100 kg seeds-1, respectively. Polymer seed coating with micronutrients did not significantly affect plant NDVI at 4, 5, 6 and 9 weeks after soybean planting.