Coated Seeds (IMAGE)

Penn State

Coated Seeds

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Use of a class of insecticides, called neonicotinoids, increased dramatically in the mid-2000s and was driven almost entirely by the use of corn and soybean seeds treated with the pesticides. Image shows treated soybean seeds (blue), versus untreated soybean seeds at the top and treated corn seeds (red) versus untreated corn seeds at the bottom.

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Ian Grettenberger, Penn State

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