CATEGORY 4 SEED TREATMENT
10 steps of preparing slurry: - ANSWERS-1 add 2/3-3/4 water
volume
2 add dilutes/colorants
3 add water soluble products
4 add wettable powders
5 add water dispersible granules
6 add water base products
7 add emulsifiable concentrates
8 add oil base flowables
9 add polymer/coating
10 add water to bring to desire volume
Label treated seed with: - ANSWERS-TREATED
do not use for food feed or oil
Only legal use for treated seed: - ANSWERS-Planting
FDA requires treated seed to be: - ANSWERS-Colored with dye to
warn of pesticide
Seed treatment are should be isolated away to: - ANSWERS-Keep
pesticide dust/fumes away from employees and stored commodities
, How should you recycle excess solution - ANSWERS-Dilute it in
with the next batch of treatment
Seed treatment dusts are: - ANSWERS-Dry powder formulations that
add no moisture to seed and tend to sift off seed making it difficult to
distribute uniformly
Slurries are made by - ANSWERS-Mixing insoluble formulations
with water. They provide accurate and thorough coverage
It is critical that seed treatment covers: - ANSWERS-The entire seed
All treaters have 2 components: - ANSWERS-- seed and pesticide
flow control system
- seed and pesticide mixing chamber
Dust treaters are no longer - ANSWERS-Common
Direct closed systems are designed to: - ANSWERS-Pump pesticide
directly from product container making them safer than slurry systems
Treated calibration used to: - ANSWERS-Accurately match seed and
pesticide flow rates
1 ounce = - ANSWERS-29.6 cc
10 steps of preparing slurry: - ANSWERS-1 add 2/3-3/4 water
volume
2 add dilutes/colorants
3 add water soluble products
4 add wettable powders
5 add water dispersible granules
6 add water base products
7 add emulsifiable concentrates
8 add oil base flowables
9 add polymer/coating
10 add water to bring to desire volume
Label treated seed with: - ANSWERS-TREATED
do not use for food feed or oil
Only legal use for treated seed: - ANSWERS-Planting
FDA requires treated seed to be: - ANSWERS-Colored with dye to
warn of pesticide
Seed treatment are should be isolated away to: - ANSWERS-Keep
pesticide dust/fumes away from employees and stored commodities
, How should you recycle excess solution - ANSWERS-Dilute it in
with the next batch of treatment
Seed treatment dusts are: - ANSWERS-Dry powder formulations that
add no moisture to seed and tend to sift off seed making it difficult to
distribute uniformly
Slurries are made by - ANSWERS-Mixing insoluble formulations
with water. They provide accurate and thorough coverage
It is critical that seed treatment covers: - ANSWERS-The entire seed
All treaters have 2 components: - ANSWERS-- seed and pesticide
flow control system
- seed and pesticide mixing chamber
Dust treaters are no longer - ANSWERS-Common
Direct closed systems are designed to: - ANSWERS-Pump pesticide
directly from product container making them safer than slurry systems
Treated calibration used to: - ANSWERS-Accurately match seed and
pesticide flow rates
1 ounce = - ANSWERS-29.6 cc
