Cutting and germination of Eugenia involucrata seeds

The objective of this study is to verify the cutting efficiency of Eugenia involucrata seeds in seedling formation, as a way to maximize seed lots for sapling production. E. involucrata seeds were submitted to the following treatments: a) Control (uncutting seeds), b) Seeds transversely cut, with or...

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Autores: Gomes, Juliano Pereira, Oliveira, Luciana Magda, Silva, Karina Montibeller da, Ferreira, Paula Iaschitzki, Dacoregio, Helen Michels
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC)
Repositorio:Revista de Ciências Agroveterinárias (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai::article/5963
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.udesc.br/index.php/agroveterinaria/article/view/223811711522016118
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Propagules
maximizing germination
seedling production.
Propágulos
maximização da germinação
produção de mudas.
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Sumario:The objective of this study is to verify the cutting efficiency of Eugenia involucrata seeds in seedling formation, as a way to maximize seed lots for sapling production. E. involucrata seeds were submitted to the following treatments: a) Control (uncutting seeds), b) Seeds transversely cut, with or without hilum, c) Seeds longitudinally cut, with and without hilum and germinated afterwards on germitest paper roll substrate at a temperature of 25 ° C and constant white light, with four repetitions of 25 seeds or seed fractions. The percentage of propagules with capacity to produce normal seedlings (the germination percentage) and germination speed (the Speed of Germination Index) were calculated. The uncut seeds (control) showed a higher germination percentage (72%) and speed (SGI = 0.64). The use of seed fractions was not considered an efficient method for maximizing E. involucrata seed lots, since germination was directly affected.