CONCLUSIONS-- SEED COATING EXPERIMENT
In most cases in three trials at the University of Idaho there has been an advantage in seedling
development with the Mico-Rizo treatment. Whole plant (roots + crowns + shoots) and forage yields
are higher with the Mico-Rizo seed coat. Although we didn't measure nodulization, it appeared that
greater effective nodulization was the primary cause for improvement in production for the Mico-Rizo
treatment. In these preliminary results, there were no significant effects of seed coating on forage
quality. Moreover, university trials in Utah, Wyoming, and Oregon have generally shown a benefit of
Mico-Rizo seed coating, even with a reduced seeding rate with the 33% by weight coating. Strip trials
in several areas in Idaho on different soils show striking results sometimes. The Mico-Rizo seed coat
has given striking visual results in environments that are hard to establish good stands of alfalfa.