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Keywords: chemical control with seed treatment, lima bean, seed-corn maggot Hylemya piatura, lettuce, test chemicals were dissolved in acetone or dichloromethane,, seeds were soaked for 1 hour and dried, seeds were inoculated by a fungus Aspergillus ruber, lima bean seeds were soaked with chlorpyrifos to control seed corn maggot, advantages of this method are that many pesticides are only soluble in water