Sementes de Cássia tora L: estudo da germinação visando o controle em áreas cultivadas

O trabalho é um estudo das condições de germinação das sementes de Cassia tora L., planta invasora das culturas em geral e, principalmente, da cultura da soja. Nesta pesquisa, estudou se a quebra da dormência, o efeito da profundidade de semeadura sobre a emergência de plântulas e o potencial de armazenamento, considerando o envelhecimento natural e precoce com o objetivo de um controle mais racional desta espécie. As profundidades de semeadura de 4 a 6 cm apresentaram as porcentagens mais altas de emergência das plântulas. A porcentagem de germinação de sementes, logo após a colheita, encontra-se próxima de 42%, decrescendo para 40%, 39% e 30%, aproximadamente, nos períodos de armazenamento por 90, 180 e 270 dias, respectivamente, evidenciando uma porcentagem média de germinação próxima de 38% nos períodos considerados. O processo de escarificação mecânica mostrou-se o mais eficiente para quebra da dormência das sementes

Germinação de sementes in vitro e desenvolvimento de plantas ex vitro de algodãozinho-do-campo

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Superação de dormência e influência dos fatores ambientais na germinação de sementes de Spermacoce latifolia

Understanding basic information on weed biology contributes to the implementation of appropriate management and control strategies. Thus, this work was developed to evaluate the germination of Spermacoce latifolia Aubl. seeds, an important weed in reforestation areas. The seeds were subjected to dormancy break treatments, in which the mechanical scarification, chemical treatment (H2SO 4 and KNO 3), heat treatment, and control, were evaluated. Three more tests were done determinate the effects of temperature (10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35°C), light filters (absence of light and red, green, yellow, distant red, blue, orange and clear light) and water availability (0.0, -0.2, -0.4, -0.6, -0.8 and -1.0 MPa) on the seeds germination and vigor. The treatments were arranged in a completely randomized design with four replications, and the experimental plot was constituted by gerbox plastic boxes with 50 seeds. The mechanical scarification (sanding) provided the best dormancy break, indicating that Spermacoce latifolia seeds have tegument water impermeability. The seeds showed higher germination percentage under conditions of mild water stress (-0.2 MPa) and the optimal temperature was 25°C. The blue light reduced seed germination.

Efeito do ácido sulfúrico concentrado sobre o potencial fisiológico de sementes de Brachiaria brizantha (A. Rich.) Stapf cv. 'Marandu' e Brachiara humidicola (Rendle) Schweick cv. 'Tully' durante o armazenamento

Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Biologia Vegetal) - IBRC

Métodos de superação de dormência de sementes de barbatimão

The aim of this research was to identify methods for breaking dormancy and promoting germination of Stryphnodendron adstringens and S. polyphyllum seeds. Seeds of both species were submitted to the following treatments for breaking dormancy: control; mechanical scarification (sandpaper number 220); hot water (initial temperature of 87 degrees C) for 5 and 15 minutes; chemical scarification with H(2)SO(4) (95%) for 30, 45, 60, 75, 90 and 105 minutes; thermal shock 1 (0 degrees C and 50% RH for 1 h and thereafter 10 minutes into water Ti=85 degrees C, Tf=57 degrees C); thermic shock 2 (40 degrees C and 40% RH for 6 h and thereafter 10 minutes into water, Ti=0 degrees C, Tf=3 degrees C); thermal shock 3 (40 degrees C and 40% RH for 6h and thereafter 10 minutes into water, Ti=25 degrees C, Tf=25 degrees C). We concluded that seeds belonging to same genus but from different species answered differently to some treatments for breaking dormancy. Chemical scarification with H(2)SO(4) (45 minutes) and mechanical scarification with sandpaper are methods that can be employed with efficiency to break dormancy and promote germination for both species.

Duração do teste de germinação do capim-tanzânia

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Scarification, temperature and light in germination of Senna occidentalis seed (Caesalpinaceae)

The purpose of the present work was to study various aspects of the germination of seeds of Senna occidentalis Link, which had presented promising results in biological activity against the etiological agent of malaria. These aspects were dormancy, temperatures of germination and photoblastic response. In the dormancy studies, the treatments used were: unscarified seed (control); tegument puncture with sharp point; and scarification with sand-paper and immersion in concentrated sulfuric acid during 5, 10, 15 and 20 minutes. For the study of temperature and photoblast, the seeds were immersed in sulfuric acid for 20 minutes, submitted to temperatures of 10 to 45degreesC, at intervals of 5degreesC, both under light and in the dark. The seeds presented dormancy related to tegument, the best treatments for breaking dormancy were immersion in sulfuric acid for 15 and 20 minutes. At temperatures 25 and 30degreesC, the best results of percentage and index of velocity of germination were observed, at which the seeds behaved as neutral photoblastic; there was no germination at 10 or at 45degreesC.

Seed biometry and the effect of pre germinative treatments, temperature, and light on seed germination and subsequent growth of three Stryphnodendron species

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Germinative pretreatments to dormancy break in Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. seeds

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Produção extemporânea de amora-preta com uso de reguladores vegetais e nitrato de potássio em regiões tropicais

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Horticultura) - FCA

Avaliação de produtos alternativos para superação de dormência, produção e qualidades dos frutos de Niagara Rosada

Pós-graduação em Agronomia - FEIS

Período de germinação de sementes de Brachiaria decumbens, B. humidicola e Brachiaria ruziziensis

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Agricultura) - FCA

Técnicas de cultivo, produção, qualidade de frutos e custo de produção para a amoreira-preta (Rubus spp.)

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Horticultura) - FCA

Germinação de sementes de romäzeiras (Punica granatum L.) de acordo com a concentração de giberelina

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Aspectos físicos e fisiológicos de sementes de Fimbristylis dicothoma relacionados à germinação e dormência

In the seeds of pioneer plants, the application of treatments for breaking dormancy, and selection by colour and size, are strategies for obtaining seeds of less dormancy and better germination performance. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the physical and physiological aspects of seeds of the tall fringe-rush (Fimbristylis dichotoma) on germination and dormancy. To do this, the seeds were submitted to the following treatments in three studies: (i) control, immersion in H2SO4 (98%, 36N) for 1 minute, immersion in KNO3 (1, 2 and 3%) for 15 minutes, seeding on a substrate moistened with KNO3 (0.2%) and exposure for 5 and 10 hours in a forced air circulation oven at 40 and 70 degrees C; (ii) classification of the seeds by colour (light and dark) and application of the following treatments: control, immersion of the seeds in H2SO4 (98%, 36N) for 1 and 2 minutes, immersion in KNO3 (5% and 10%) for 15 and 30 minutes and seeding on a substrate moistened with KNO3 (0.2%); (iii) classification by size (0.60, 0.50 and 0.40 mm) and germination on a substrate moistened with KNO3 (0.2%) or distilled H2O. The seeds were evaluated by germination test, first count and germination speed index. Moistening the substrate with KNO3 (0.2%), and heat treatment at 40 degrees C for 10 hours improve performance in seeds of the tall fringe-rush. Light-coloured seeds do not display dormancy. Medium-sized seeds of the tall fringe-rush show better performance in terms of percentage and speed of germination.