4. Hot water treatment
This is an old technique of seed treatment, that ranked 4th on our list of best seed treatment methods for soybean and wheat, that has been neglected since the use of chemical compounds. Hot water treatment has shown to be useful in controlling of some plant diseases. Since it does not inflict damage to the seed, this method became revived in countries like the Netherlands and Switzerland. Although it might show some technical disadvantages, like drying of soaked seeds on a large scale, this method is low cost and shows good results against various diseases.