Part 3 · Seed Treatment · Danforth Stine Plot2026 Local Research Results
Seed Treatment Side by Side.
Same variety, three seed treatments: untreated seed → FI → FI + Victrato. Each entry was grown in both the non-treated and fungicide/insecticide Stine plots; values are the two-plot average.
Stine 24EH32
Two-plot avg., bu/acUntreated seedEntry 22
75.6starting point
Non-treated plot 71.8 · Fungicide/insecticide plot 79.4
FIEntry 20
78.3+2.7 bu/ac vs. untreated seed
Non-treated plot 74.0 · Fungicide/insecticide plot 82.7
FI + Victrato
Entry 21
Entry 2179.2+3.6 bu/ac vs. untreated seed
Non-treated plot 75.2 · Fungicide/insecticide plot 83.3
Entries 22, 20 and 21 were planted next to each other.
Stine 32EJ92
Two-plot avg., bu/acUntreated seedEntry 13
75.4starting point
Non-treated plot 73.2 · Fungicide/insecticide plot 77.5
FIEntry 23
77.6+2.3 bu/ac vs. untreated seed
Non-treated plot 72.7 · Fungicide/insecticide plot 82.6
FI + VictratoEntry 24
Entry 2479.2+3.9 bu/ac vs. untreated seed
Non-treated plot 73.4 · Fungicide/insecticide plot 85.0
Entries 23 and 24 were planted next to each other. Untreated entry 13 was planted earlier in the plot sequence; entry 25, the planned adjacent untreated entry, was not harvested.
What we observed
- 24EH32: untreated seed 75.6 → FI 78.3 → FI + Victrato 79.2 bu/ac, and that order held in both plots.
- 32EJ92: untreated seed 75.4 → FI 77.6 → FI + Victrato 79.2 bu/ac. In the non-treated plot, untreated seed (73.2) out-yielded FI (72.7).
- FI + Victrato out-yielded FI in both varieties and both plots, by 0.6 to 2.5 bu/ac.
FI, FI Saltro and FI Victrato are the seed-treatment names recorded on the 2026 plot form. One plot of each entry per treatment.
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