The effect of the use of "seeds fixed on fertilizer pellets by an adhesive" (abbreviated to seed-pellets) on seed germination and seed­ling growth of three legumes and one grass species was examined in savanna of Llanos Orientales of Colombia. The seed-pellets were sown to the field which had been treated with tillage or herbicide in addition to no treatment after burning the natural grassland. Compared to the spot-sowing of seeds combined with granular fertilizer application, the seed-pellets promoted remarkably the seed germination and seedling growth.
　Contrary to the use of "seeds coated with fertilizer", which has been attempted in pasture establishment so far, the seed-pellet method developed by the author, Mitamura, was found to be very effective and promising. It has no defects such as physical hindrance of germination or chemical injury of seedlings caused by direct contact with high concentration of fertilizer elements, both of which often occur with seeds coated with fertilizer. Therefore, in preparing seed-pellets, high analysis fertilizers can be used, and, as a result, the fertilizer effect of the seed-pellets is expected to last for a long period to support seedling growth.