insecticide is the most adopted seed treatment, owing to its ability to be used in combination with other products. In 2014, the insecticides segment accounted for about 57.5% share of the overall market. Bio-control seed treatment is the fastest growing segment, registering a CAGR of 11.5% during the forecast period because of rising awareness and stringent government regulations against chemical seed treatment.

Based on the crop type, the market is segmented into cereals, grains, and oilseeds. In 2014, cereals and grains seed treatment accounted for 62% share of the total market. Seed treatment is mostly used on high productivity cereals and grains crop like corn and oilseed crops like soybean.

Asia-Pacific Review:

Asia-Pacific holds around 9% share in world seed treatment market. The Asian countries such as China and India areexpected to show a strong growth in terms of agricultural output. This is expected to fuel the seed treatment market in Asia-Pacific region. In addition, biological seed treatments are emerging as a growth market in the Asia-Pacific region. Most countries in this region are yet to establish a proper system for registration, manufacture, and sales of biological seed treatment. This provided huge growth potential for companies to expand their presence in the Asia-Pacific biological seed treatment market. Major companies present in the Asia-Pacific seed treatment market are Bayer CropScience and Syngenta along with other local companies such as Tata Rallis and Shenghua Group Agrochemicals.

The use of agrochemicals in Asia-Pacific has increased in recent years due to the decreasing arable land in India, China, and Southeast Asia. This is