QUANTIDADE DE ÁGUA DO SUBSTRATO NA GERMINAÇÃO E VIGOR DE SEMENTES DE PINHÃO-MANSO

• Published in: Caatinga Vol. 21; no. 5; pp. 178 - 184
• Main Authors: Humberto Pereira da Silva, José Maria Gomes Neves, Delacyr da Silva Brandão Junior, Cândido Alves da Costa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido 01-01-2008
• ISSN: 0100-316X; 1983-2125

During the germination process, the impermeability of the tegument and the humidity of the substratum they influence the reidratação of the seeds, metabolic activation and consequent growth of your embryonic axis. Therefore, the present work was led with the objective of evaluating the effect of the removal of the tegument in the germination and vigor of seeds of pinhão-tame (Jatropha curcas L.) in different volumes of water in the substratum. After the seed shoud treatments they were installed in germination model Mandelsdorf under regime of natural light in the constant temperature of 30ºC. The experiment was set up in a completely randomized factorial design outline 2 x 4 (2 - with and without tegument and 4 - humidities 2,0; 2,5; 3,0 and 3,5 times the weight of the paper (g).). The evaluations were accomplished daily (primary roots protrusion) and to the 07 and 10 days of the beginning of the test, being computed the normal seedlings. In agreement with the results obtained in the present work, the retreat of the tegument can be ended it affects the germination and vigor of the seeds negatively, that the when the substratum is humidified with volume of water (mL) in the strip from 2,0 to 2,5 times the weight of the paper, happening the reduction of the germination and vigor when the substratum is humidified for superior values to this. Presenting better acting when the substratum is humidified with volumes of water (mL) equivalent to 3,0 and 3,5 times the weight of paper germitest (g), happening the reduction of the germination and vigor when the substratum is humidified for inferior values to these.