Hot Water Treatment as Seed Disinfection Techniques for Organic and Eco-Friendly Environmental Agricultural Crop Cultivation

Minjeong Kim, Changki Shim, Jaehyeong Lee and Choeki Wangchuk
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Minjeong Kim: Organic Agricultural Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Wanju 55365, Korea
Changki Shim: Organic Agricultural Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Wanju 55365, Korea
Jaehyeong Lee: Organic Agricultural Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Wanju 55365, Korea
Choeki Wangchuk: Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Gasa 16001, Bhutan

Agriculture, 2022, vol. 12, issue 8, 1-16

Abstract: Seed is an essential input to sustain agricultural productivity. The expansion of agricultural areas to meet global food demand contributes to the emergence of pathogenic microorganisms that contaminate and infect crop seeds. Conventional technologies in controlling seed-borne diseases are, however, not environmentally sustainable. This inspired the authors to explore existing literature on organic disinfection techniques for crop production. Various integrated seed disinfection techniques for major food crops, including rice, wheat, barley, millet, buckwheat, and sorghum, have been presented in this study. Moreover, the authors explored the potentials of hot water treatment as an alternative treatment method in meeting the ideal seed quality for cultivation.

Keywords: cereal crops; seed healthy; physical disinfection method; organic seed (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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