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- Title
Quality of Stylosanthes Campo Grande seeds coated with different materials.
- Authors
Andrade da Silva, Flávio Wirlan; Duarte Vieira, Henrique
- Abstract
The seed coating technique adds value to the seeds. This technique allows changing the seed size and shape, facilitating sowing, and also the application of essential nutrients to the good development of the plant in the postgermination phases. Therefore, the objective of this work was to evaluate the physical and physiological characteristics of Stylosanthes capitata/macrocephala coated with different materials. For the coating procedure, a N10 Newpack bench seed coating machine was used. The experimental design was completely randomized, with four replications and 50 seeds per plot distributed in 10 treatments. The different materials and their respective mixtures significantly altered the physical characteristics, the weight of a thousand seeds (WTS), water content (SWC), maximum diameter (DMA), and minimum diameter (DMI) of the seeds. Among the different materials, the sand coated seeds had the highest germination percentage (%G), germination velocity index (GSI), and first germination count (FGC). The maintenance of physiological attributes was observed in sand coated seeds (0.25 mm). Therefore, it is an alternative application of nutrients via seeds, due to the inert character of the sand. The mixing of the materials used in this work is not recommended.
- Subjects
SEED size; PLANT development; ESSENTIAL nutrients; SURFACE coatings; EXPERIMENTAL design; GERMINATION; SEEDS
- Publication
Revista Ceres, 2021, Vol 68, Issue 4, p353
- ISSN
0034-737X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-737X202168040013