Iranian Company Produces Resistant Seeds to Cope with Drought

“After extensive research, our company succeeded in receiving a knowledge-based license to produce coated seeds of drought-resistant medicinal plants,” said Mehdi Bavar, the chairman of the board of directors of the knowledge-based company.

“Given the capacities available in North Khorassan province (in Northeastern Iran), we seek to transform this province into one of the hubs for cultivating and supplying seeds and medicinal plants in the country and the region,” he added.

Bavar underlined that the greatest achievement of the company is the production of coated seeds, which, with their nutritional composition and moisture absorption, have faster initial growth and greater resistance to pests, diseases, and drought.

In a relevant development in January, a knowledge-based company in Iran had also managed to produce coated cotton seeds for cultivation in saline lands that are available to farmers at one-third of the price of imported products.

“Our company has succeeded in producing coated cotton seeds that are available to the farmers at one-third of the price of similar imported products. This will eliminate the need for the country to import cotton seeds,” said Mohsen Fathi, the managing director of the knowledge-based company.

“Seed coating is one of the most important economic methods to improve seed performance. In the seed coating process, materials like fungicides, insecticides, immunostimulants, growth hormones, low-consumption elements, and other compounds are directly applied to the seed,” he added.

Fathi explained that the direct use of fungicides and insecticides directly on the seeds reduces the consumption of these substances at the beginning of the growing season and reduces their environmental risks.

“Also, seed coating causes uniformity in seed size and facilitates mechanical planting of seeds. This causes uniform and better green fields, and as a result, the yield and income of farmers increase,” he added.

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