Imazalil seed treatment reduces common root rot and increases yield of barley under commercial conditions

(...) The imazalil treatment was the Vitavax 200 treatment at the same rate plus Nuzone 10EC at 1.0 ml/kg. Isolations from 173 diseased subcrown internodes of plants in the control and imazalil treatments in 1986 yielded 106 isolates (61%) of Bipolaris but no Fusarium spp. Seed treatment with imazalil significantly (P=0.05) lowered disease severity in the subcrown internode, increased grain yield 6%, and increased test weight compared to the control treatment