The biological seed treatment involves the
use of biological organisms to control the pathogen
located in andlor on the seed. This seed treatment
has beena successful approach for controlling seedborne
diseases for decades. Biological seed treatment
is usually very specialized and uses specific
microorganisms that attack or interfere with specific
pathogens or types of pathogens. These organisms
have little effect on other soil organisms, leaving the
natural biology of the ecosystem more balanced and
intact thanusing broad-spectrum chemical pesticides.
Biological control is a natural phenomenon, nature's
own way of keeping diseases from getting
catastrophic.