Seed treatment refers to the application of certain agents physical, chemical or biological to the seed prior
to sowing in order to suppress, control or repel pathogens, insects and other pests that attack seeds, seedlings or
plants and it ranges from a basic dressing to coating and pelleting. Introduction and ban of arsenic (used from 1740
until 1808) is the key milestones in the history of modern seed treatment till then a continuous research and
advancement in this technology is going on. The technological advancement prepared a roadmap for refining
existing seed treatment technologies and future work on technologies like fluid drilling as a way to sow germinated
seeds where gel can also serve as a delivery system for other materials, seed priming advances the early phase of
germination without redicle emergence. Another advanced technology, solid matrix priming (SMP) has been evaluated
as a means to advances the germination of seeds and serve as a carrier for useful material too. Physical and
biological seed treatments alone an alternative to chemicals or in combination with a chemical treatment are being
used worldwide because of their environmental safety and socioeconomic aspects. Biological seed treatments are
expected to be one of the fastest growing seed treatment sectors in the near future, in part because they are easier
to register at Environment Protection Agency (EPA). Lack of awareness to seed treatments at farmer’s level is one
of the limiting factors in disease management and hence, efforts should be made at farmer’s level to adopt the
technology. Keeping the all above facts in mind, selected seed treatment technologies with their improvement and
significance will be discussed in this review