May 12, 2026·Featured

Boosting Groundnut Yields with Multilayer Biopolymer Seed Coating: An ICAR–IIOR Validated Technology

How ICAR–IIOR's multilayer biopolymer seed coating—commercialised as Seed Primer—delivered a 27.5% yield gain and a 46% improvement in benefit–cost ratio for groundnut farmers in Telangana.

Aditya Apoorva
Aditya Apoorva·10 min read
May 2, 2026

SeedPrimer with Trichoderma: ICAR-Validated Disease Control and Yield Gains across Safflower, Groundnut, and Soybean

Two years of multi-location ICAR-IIOR field trials and on-farm grower validation confirm that SeedPrimer's patented bio-polymer film, integrated with Trichoderma harzianum Th4d, delivers measurable improvements in germination, disease suppression, seed yield, and farmer profitability across safflower, groundnut, and soybean.

Aditya Apoorva·10 min read
May 2, 2026

When Biology Beats Chemistry: SeedPrimer's Trichoderma Coating Outperforms Industry-Standard Fungicides on Castor

A field-ready challenge to the fungicide status quo, validated by ICAR-IIOR. In vitro evaluations show Trichoderma harzianum Th4d, the active SeedPrimer is engineered to deliver, outperforming Carboxin+Thiram, Penflufen+Trifloxystrobin, and matching Propiconazole across castor's three major pathogens.

Aditya Apoorva·18 min read
Optimizing Pre-Packaging Seed Treatments for Paddy (Rice) in India
Jun 25, 2025

Optimizing Pre-Packaging Seed Treatments for Paddy (Rice) in India

A Scientifically Grounded Framework for Seed Treatment Optimization

Aditya Apoorva·9 min read