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- Title
QUALIDADE FISIOLÓGICA E POTENCIAL DE ARMAZENAMENTO DE SEMENTES DE CARAMBOLA.
- Authors
DE OLIVEIRA, MARCIA TEREZINHA RAMOS; BERBERT, PEDRO AMORIM; DE CAMPOS PEREIRA, ROZIMAR; VIEIRA, HENRIQUE DUARTE; THIÉBAUT, JOSÉ TARCÍSIO LIMA; DE OLIVEIRA CARLESSO, VINICIUS
- Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the physiological quality of carambola seeds convectively dried at 38 °C, at the end of germination tests in paper rolls and lasting 84 days. Seed storability using two types of packaging, water vapour permeable and impermeable, under two storage conditions, ambient at 25 °C and 61% relative humidity, and inside a 10 °C refrigerated chamber with relative humidity of 82%, was also assessed for periods of 90 and 180 days. Mean germination percentage of fresh seeds was 87%. The results obtained through germination testing showed that carambola seeds can be stored for 90 or 180 days at 10 °C, or for 90 days at ambient conditions, in vacuum-sealed packaging, without impairing their physiological quality. Seeds may also be stored for 90 days in water vapour-permeable packaging under refrigeration. Vigour estimated through the germination speed index and the mean time of germination was consistently higher for seeds stored in vacuum-sealed packaging, irrespective of storage time and temperature.
- Subjects
CARAMBOLA; AVERRHOA; SEED physiology; SEED quality; SEED storage; PACKAGING; GERMINATION; PLANT vitality; PLANT physiology
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Sementes, 2009, Vol 31, Issue 2, p236
- ISSN
0101-3122
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0101-31222009000200028