Condicionamento osmótico e desempenho de sementes de repolho com diferentes níveis de vigor

• Autor(a) principal: Armondes, Kássia de Assis Pereira
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/4604
• topic: Condicionamento osmótico; Repolho; Osmotic priming; Cabbage; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::AGRONOMIA::FITOTECNIA

The performance of the seeds after sowing is mainly determined by its physiological and sanitary quality that ensures adequate plant establishment in the field. Priming, used as pre-sowing treatment, has been recommended as an alternative to increase seed germination and also to provide more rapid and uniform emergence, especially for vegetable seeds. Therefore, we evaluated the effect of priming on the performance of cabbage seeds with different levels of vigor. The experiment was conducted at Seed Laboratory of the Department of Plant Science at Federal University of Viçosa. Seeds of four lots of cabbage cultivar "60 days", with different levels of vigor were used. The seeds of each lot were primed in aerated polyethylene glycol 6000 at -1.0 MPa potential for periods of 2, 4 and 6 days at 20 º C. The seeds of each treatment were subjected to germination test, calculating the index of germination speed and germination rate by counting the germinated seeds from the first day until five days after sowing, and the germination value was obtained after ten days after sowing. The percentage of seedling emergence, the rate of emergence speed and emergence rate were assessed by a germination test in trays containing sand in a greenhouse. For assessing seed vigor was performed accelerated aging test and the length of hypocotyl and radicle and seedling dry mass were measured. It was concluded that priming is effective to improve the germination and vigor of cabbage seeds, mainly when seed imbibition was done in aerated PEG-6000 -1.0 MPa for a period of six days. Positive effects of priming on germination and vigor were more evident in seed lots with low vigor. Seed drying after priming may decrease the beneficial effects of priming on cabbage seeds.