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Title: Physiological behavior of Genipa americana L. seeds regarding the capacity for desiccation and storage tolerance
Other Titles: Comportamento fisiológico de sementes de Genipa americana L. quanto à tolerância à dessecação e ao armazenamento
Keywords: Physiological classification
Brazilian forest species
Genipapo plants
Classificação fisiológica
Espécie florestal brasileira
Jenipapeiro
Issue Date: 16-Jan-2017
Publisher: Associação Brasileira de Tecnologia de Sementes
Citation: MAGISTRALI, P. R. et al. Physiological behavior of Genipa americana L. seeds regarding the capacity for desiccation and storage tolerance. Journal of Seed Science, Londrina, v. 35, n. 4, P. 495-500, 2013.
Abstract: Knowledge of the capacity of desiccation and storage tolerance of seeds is essential to provide adequate conditions necessary to maintain viability after seed collection. Drying rate is one of the factors which have been described as affecting the physiological response of seeds of various species. Literature reports that Genipa americana seeds exhibit an intermediate behavior, quickly losing viability if stored at negative temperatures. Thus, this work aimed to verify the effect of slow drying over the capacity of desiccation and storage tolerance of Genipa americana seeds. Seeds with 47% of water content (recently harvested) were dried over salt solutions until reaching 30%, 20%, 15%, 10% and 5% of water content. After drying to 10% and 5% of water content a reduction in seed viability was observed after 30 days of storage without the total loss of germination after three months in these conditions. The slow drying increased the capacity for desiccation and storage tolerance of the Genipa americana seeds if compared to the information described in literature.
URI: http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/12153
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