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- Title
Storage of Tabebuia caraiba (Mart.) Bureau seeds in different packaging and temperatures.
- Authors
Guedes, Roberta Sales; Alves, Edna Ursulino; Rodrigues de Melo, Paulo Alexandre Fernandes; Santos Moura, Sueli da Silva; da Silva, Rosemere dos Santos
- Abstract
Tabebuia caraiba (Mart.) Bureau, commonly known as Silver Trumpet Tree is a forestal species, belonging to Bignoniaceae family, which can be utilized as medicinal plant or in landscaping of urban and rural areas; besides producing large mechanical resistance wood. Despite its wide use and ecological importance, basic studies on storages of their seeds are scarce. This way, the objective of this study was to determine the most adequate packaging and the best temperatures, for storing seeds of T. caraiba. For this, seeds were stored in two types of packaging: Kraft paper bags and transparent polyethylene bags; which were then stored during 150 days under three different environments: laboratory normal environment (25±2 °C); cold chamber (8±2 °C); and refrigerator (6±2 °C). After periods of 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, and 150 days, seed moisture content, percentage of emergence, emergence speed index, and seedling length were evaluated. Seeds of T. caraiba kept in packaging of paper and polyethylene bags and stored at laboratory environmental condition, have lost more quickly their vigor along the storage period. For storage, it is recommended the maintenance of T. caraiba seeds in polyethylene bags into cold chamber; and/or polyethylene bags or Kraft paper bags into refrigerator.
- Subjects
TABEBUIA; SEED storage; EFFECT of temperature on plants; SEED harvesting; POLYETHYLENE
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Sementes, 2012, Vol 34, Issue 3, p433
- ISSN
0101-3122
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0101-31222012000300010