TEMPERATURE, LIGHT, AND DESICCATION TOLERANCE IN SEED GERMINATION OF Mauritia flexuosa L.F

ABSTRACT Palm trees are widely used as ornamental plants, besides its sustainability and industry aspects. These plants are commercially propagated via seeds. Due to its importance and the need for seed germination information, this study aimed to verify the effect of temperature, light regimes, and...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista árvore 2018-01, Vol.42 (3)
Hauptverfasser: Almeida, Lívia Caroline Praseres de, Pivetta, Kathia Fernandes Lopes, Gimenes, Renata, Romani, Gustavo de Nobrega, Ferraz, Marcos Vieira, Mazzini-Guedes, Renata Bachin
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Zusammenfassung:ABSTRACT Palm trees are widely used as ornamental plants, besides its sustainability and industry aspects. These plants are commercially propagated via seeds. Due to its importance and the need for seed germination information, this study aimed to verify the effect of temperature, light regimes, and desiccation tolerance on germination of Mauritia flexuosa L.f. For that, two completely randomized experiments were carried out. The first consisted of treatments arranged in a 6 x 2 factorial scheme, testing six temperatures (20, 25, 30, 35, 20-30, and 25-35 ºC) and light presence and absence. The second comprised five seed water contents (51, 48, 45, 30, and 26%) for desiccation tolerance evaluations. Water content measurements were made every three days, from a sample lot maintained at room temperature. In both trials, each treatment was composed of four replicates with 25 seeds per plot. Germination rate (GR) and germination speed index (GSI) were calculated, and the data were analyzed by analysis of variance (ANOVA). Temperature and light means were compared by the Tukey’s test (p < 0.05), and the desiccation ones by a polynomial regression. The highest GR was observed at 20-30 ºC, regardless of light presence. Moreover, M. flexuosa seeds were sensitive to desiccation. RESUMO As palmeiras são amplamente utilizadas como plantas ornamentais, além da importância para a sustentabilidade e para a indústria. A propagação comercial destas plantas é realizada por meio de sementes. Devido à importância da espécie e à necessidade de elucidar alguns aspectos relacionados à germinação das sementes, este trabalho teve como objetivo verificar o efeito de temperatura, regimes de luz e tolerância a dessecação na germinação de sementes da palmeira Mauritia flexuosa L.f. Foram realizados dois experimentos e em ambos o delineamento experimental foi o inteiramente casualizado. No primeiro, estudou-se o efeito da temperatura e da luz e os tratamentos foram dispostos em esquema fatorial 6 x 2 (seis temperaturas: 20 ºC, 25 ºC, 30 ºC, 35 ºC, 20-30 ºC e 25-35 ºC combinadas com presença e ausência de luz); foram quatro repetições de 25 sementes por parcela. No segundo, estudou-se a tolerância a dessecação e os tratamentos foram cinco teores de água nas sementes (51%, 48%, 45%, 30% e 26%) aferidos a cada três dias de um lote mantido em condições ambiente; foram quatro repetições de 25 sementes por parcela. Avaliou-se a porcentagem de germinação e Índice de Velocidade de Germinação.
ISSN:0100-6762
1806-9088
1806-9088
DOI:10.1590/1806-90882018000300005