Do fruit morphology and scarification affect germination and predation rates of Babassu seeds?
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Resumo: | ABSTRACT Seed predation is a natural phenomenon that can occur either before or after dispersal and can significantly reduce the economic value and reproductive potential of plants. The babassu palm (Attalea vitrivir, Arecaceae) is important to rural communities that extract oil from its fruits for a wide variety of uses. We evaluated the predation and germination of A. vitrivirseeds in Pandeiros River Environmental Protection Area (EPA-Pandeiros) in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Sixty individual plants were evaluated to determine their fruiting patterns. Seed predation and germination were evaluated in the natural environment for eight months for fruits divided into two treatments: scarified and intact. Germination of fruits submitted to these same treatments was also evaluated under greenhouse conditions. Our results indicated that fruiting is continuous in this species and that fruit morphology does not influence either germination or predation. Likewise, fruit scarification did not influence seed germination. Pachymerus cardo (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) preferentially oviposited on scarified fruits, but only after their dispersal. The predation rate in the natural environment was 14.6%. Germination was not observed under natural conditions, but reached 33.05% under greenhouse conditions. |
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Do fruit morphology and scarification affect germination and predation rates of Babassu seeds?ArecaceaeAttalea vitrivirBabassu palmfruitseed germinationseed predationABSTRACT Seed predation is a natural phenomenon that can occur either before or after dispersal and can significantly reduce the economic value and reproductive potential of plants. The babassu palm (Attalea vitrivir, Arecaceae) is important to rural communities that extract oil from its fruits for a wide variety of uses. We evaluated the predation and germination of A. vitrivirseeds in Pandeiros River Environmental Protection Area (EPA-Pandeiros) in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Sixty individual plants were evaluated to determine their fruiting patterns. Seed predation and germination were evaluated in the natural environment for eight months for fruits divided into two treatments: scarified and intact. Germination of fruits submitted to these same treatments was also evaluated under greenhouse conditions. Our results indicated that fruiting is continuous in this species and that fruit morphology does not influence either germination or predation. Likewise, fruit scarification did not influence seed germination. Pachymerus cardo (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) preferentially oviposited on scarified fruits, but only after their dispersal. The predation rate in the natural environment was 14.6%. Germination was not observed under natural conditions, but reached 33.05% under greenhouse conditions.Sociedade Botânica do Brasil2016-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062016000400658Acta Botanica Brasilica v.30 n.4 2016reponame:Acta Botanica Brasilicainstname:Sociedade Botânica do Brasil (SBB)instacron:SBB10.1590/0102-33062016abb0233info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFerreira,Paulo Henrique GonçalvesNunes,Yule Roberta FerreiraFaria,Maurício LopesBrandão,Murilo MalveiraCosta,Cibele Stramare RibeiroValério,Henrique MaiaMelo,Geraldo AclécioPimenta,Marcio Antonio Silvaeng2017-01-11T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0102-33062016000400658Revistahttps://www.scielo.br/j/abb/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpacta@botanica.org.br||acta@botanica.org.br|| f.a.r.santos@gmail.com1677-941X0102-3306opendoar:2017-01-11T00:00Acta Botanica Brasilica - Sociedade Botânica do Brasil (SBB)false |
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Do fruit morphology and scarification affect germination and predation rates of Babassu seeds? |
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Do fruit morphology and scarification affect germination and predation rates of Babassu seeds? |
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Do fruit morphology and scarification affect germination and predation rates of Babassu seeds? Ferreira,Paulo Henrique Gonçalves Arecaceae Attalea vitrivir Babassu palm fruit seed germination seed predation |
title_short |
Do fruit morphology and scarification affect germination and predation rates of Babassu seeds? |
title_full |
Do fruit morphology and scarification affect germination and predation rates of Babassu seeds? |
title_fullStr |
Do fruit morphology and scarification affect germination and predation rates of Babassu seeds? |
title_full_unstemmed |
Do fruit morphology and scarification affect germination and predation rates of Babassu seeds? |
title_sort |
Do fruit morphology and scarification affect germination and predation rates of Babassu seeds? |
author |
Ferreira,Paulo Henrique Gonçalves |
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Ferreira,Paulo Henrique Gonçalves Nunes,Yule Roberta Ferreira Faria,Maurício Lopes Brandão,Murilo Malveira Costa,Cibele Stramare Ribeiro Valério,Henrique Maia Melo,Geraldo Aclécio Pimenta,Marcio Antonio Silva |
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Nunes,Yule Roberta Ferreira Faria,Maurício Lopes Brandão,Murilo Malveira Costa,Cibele Stramare Ribeiro Valério,Henrique Maia Melo,Geraldo Aclécio Pimenta,Marcio Antonio Silva |
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Ferreira,Paulo Henrique Gonçalves Nunes,Yule Roberta Ferreira Faria,Maurício Lopes Brandão,Murilo Malveira Costa,Cibele Stramare Ribeiro Valério,Henrique Maia Melo,Geraldo Aclécio Pimenta,Marcio Antonio Silva |
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Arecaceae Attalea vitrivir Babassu palm fruit seed germination seed predation |
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Arecaceae Attalea vitrivir Babassu palm fruit seed germination seed predation |
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ABSTRACT Seed predation is a natural phenomenon that can occur either before or after dispersal and can significantly reduce the economic value and reproductive potential of plants. The babassu palm (Attalea vitrivir, Arecaceae) is important to rural communities that extract oil from its fruits for a wide variety of uses. We evaluated the predation and germination of A. vitrivirseeds in Pandeiros River Environmental Protection Area (EPA-Pandeiros) in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Sixty individual plants were evaluated to determine their fruiting patterns. Seed predation and germination were evaluated in the natural environment for eight months for fruits divided into two treatments: scarified and intact. Germination of fruits submitted to these same treatments was also evaluated under greenhouse conditions. Our results indicated that fruiting is continuous in this species and that fruit morphology does not influence either germination or predation. Likewise, fruit scarification did not influence seed germination. Pachymerus cardo (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) preferentially oviposited on scarified fruits, but only after their dispersal. The predation rate in the natural environment was 14.6%. Germination was not observed under natural conditions, but reached 33.05% under greenhouse conditions. |
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