Seeds are coated with morthuthu or potassium permeganate as protection from angario.
Crop: Great millet
Crop Family: Poaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Sorghum vulgare)
Crop Vernacular Name: Jwaarie, jowar, jola, jondhalaa, Sorghum
Formulation: 50 gm of morthuthu or potassium permeganate per 10 kg of seed to be sown.
Ingredients: Morthuthu or potassium permeganate
"The most effective and economical control of ergot and smut is host plant resistance."
http://oar.icrisat.org/3979/1/CP_PM_Erg_Smut_1986_173-182.pdf
"Loose smut of wheat caused by Ustilago segetum var. tritici was controlled almost completely through seed treatment with any of the bioagents like Trichoderma viride, T. harzianum; Pseudomonas fluorescence and Gliocladium virens in combination with vitavax @ 0.125% during three years of trial from 1996 to 1998."
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.913.6326&rep=rep1&type=pdf