Method and apparatus for automatically preparing seeds with an additive to be deployed together with the seeds, wherein the seeds are opened and a predefined amount of additive is introduced into the seeds through the opening.

Method and apparatus for automatically preparing seeds with an additive to be deployed together with the seeds, wherein the seeds are opened and a predefined amount of additive is introduced into the seeds through the opening.

The present invention relates to the treatment of plant material, especially seeds. The method uses vacuum pressure for disinfecting seeds from pathogens. Seed disinfection is important as seeds infected by pathogens could propagate them and lead to high losses of the crops. The method is applicable to seeds from cucurbit species specifically watermelon, melon, squash, pumpkin, cucumber and gourds but also seeds from solanaceous species specifically tomatoes, peppers and eggplants.

The present invention relates to the treatment of plant material, especially seeds. The method uses vacuum pressure for disinfecting seeds from pathogens. Seed disinfection is important as seeds infected by pathogens could propagate them and lead to high losses of the crops. The method is applicable to seeds from cucurbit species specifically watermelon, melon, squash, pumpkin, cucumber and gourds but also seeds from solanaceous species specifically tomatoes, peppers and eggplants.

A seed treatment apparatus provides for minimal waste of products for treating seeds, in that it is precisely controllable and automatically adjustable. A volume of seeds to be treated and a flow rate of treatment product for treating the seeds can both be sensed. At least one of the flow rate of the treatment product and the volume of seeds can automatically be adjusted if it is determined that a ratio of the flow rate of treatment product to the volume of seeds is not the same as a predetermined flow rate to volume ratio.

A seed treatment apparatus provides for minimal waste of products for treating seeds, in that it is precisely controllable and automatically adjustable. A volume of seeds to be treated and a flow rate of treatment product for treating the seeds can both be sensed. At least one of the flow rate of the treatment product and the volume of seeds can automatically be adjusted if it is determined that a ratio of the flow rate of treatment product to the volume of seeds is not the same as a predetermined flow rate to volume ratio.

The invention relates to devices for disinfecting bulk materials, in particular grain and grain products, with the help of ultraviolet radiation. The technical solution can be used in the food, microbiological, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, cosmetic, agricultural, livestock, poultry, and in production of ecologically clean food products.

The modular installation for processing bulk grain products with ultraviolet radiation consists of successively arranged modules. The module consists of a rectangular housing, wherein inside the housing at an equal distance from each other, horizontally, with the possibility of adjusting the mutual position, lamps of ultraviolet radiation are installed, equipped with a protective, transparent for ultraviolet radiation, Teflon coating adjacent to the lamp glass and equipped on the top with a protective shield to protect from the product being poured, the module has an lamps ultraviolet intensity sensor aimed at one of the lamps, as well as a device for cleaning the lamps from contamination, the modules are mounted on racks, with the possibility of adjusting the distance between modules, racks are fixed on a frame equipped with a vibrating mechanism.

The technical result consists in providing passage of bulk material between ultraviolet lamps and in cleaning it from harmful microorganisms with the possibility of regulating the flow velocity of particles and controlling the intensity of irradiation.

The technical result consists in providing a passage of grain material between the ultraviolet lamps and cleaning it from harmful micro-organisms with the possibility of adjusting the particle flow velocity and controlling the intensity of irradiation.

To provide a fungicidal composition having stable and high controlling effects against plant diseases, particularly preventive and/or curative effects against plant diseases, and a method for controlling plant diseases. A fungicidal composition comprising, as active ingredients, pyriofenone, (b) fluazinam and (c) thiophanate-methyl, and a method for controlling plant diseases, which comprises applying the fungicidal composition comprising the above active ingredients to plants and/or to a soil in which they grow.

To provide a fungicidal composition having stable and high controlling effects against plant diseases, particularly preventive and/or curative effects against plant diseases, and a method for controlling plant diseases. A fungicidal composition comprising, as active ingredients, pyriofenone, (b) fluazinam and (c) thiophanate-methyl, and a method for controlling plant diseases, which comprises applying the fungicidal composition comprising the above active ingredients to plants and/or to a soil in which they grow.

A seed treatment apparatus provides for minimal waste of products for treating seeds, in that it is precisely controllable and automatically adjustable. A volume of seeds to be treated and a flow rate of treatment product for treating the seeds can both be sensed. At least one of the flow rate of the treatment product and the volume of seeds can automatically be adjusted if it is determined that a ratio of the flow rate of treatment product to the volume of seeds is not the same as a predetermined flow rate to volume ratio.