Germination and emergence of Astrocaryum murumuru Mart. under stratification in different temperature regimes

ABSTRACT: Astrocaryum murumuru is a palm tree typical of Amazonian lowland areas (floodplains), whose seeds are exploited extractively for the manufacture of cosmetics. Germination of the species takes time, highlighting the need to develop techniques that shorten this process. Therefore, this resea...

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Main Authors: Jucimara Gonçalves dos Santos, Sidney Alberto do Nascimento Ferreira, Daniel Felipe de Oliveira Gentil
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Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Tecnologia de Sementes 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Seed Science
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author Jucimara Gonçalves dos Santos
Sidney Alberto do Nascimento Ferreira
Daniel Felipe de Oliveira Gentil
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Daniel Felipe de Oliveira Gentil
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description ABSTRACT: Astrocaryum murumuru is a palm tree typical of Amazonian lowland areas (floodplains), whose seeds are exploited extractively for the manufacture of cosmetics. Germination of the species takes time, highlighting the need to develop techniques that shorten this process. Therefore, this research aimed to evaluate the germination and vigor of A. murumuru seeds, subjected to different thermal conditions of stratification. The experimental design adopted was completely randomized, with four treatments (different thermal conditions) and four replications. After drying the diaspores, extracting and soaking the seeds, these (with moisture content of 26.8%) were placed in double plastic bags containing vermiculite, moistened with water equivalent to 60% of their dry mass. They were then maintained under the following conditions: natural environment (27.8 ± 2.7 °C); oven with a temperature of 40 °C for 3 hours per day; oven with a temperature of 40 °C for 6 hours per day; and oven with a temperature of 40 °C for 9 hours a day. Stratification at a temperature of 40 °C/3 hours/day provides better germination performance and initial development of A. murumuru seedlings (51%), in addition to reducing remaining dormant (25%) and dead (24%) seeds.
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spelling doaj-art-16d5285d49f04070ac0d2ca0b7eea2e22025-08-20T02:49:30ZengAssociação Brasileira de Tecnologia de SementesJournal of Seed Science2317-15452024-12-014610.1590/2317-1545v46288523Germination and emergence of Astrocaryum murumuru Mart. under stratification in different temperature regimesJucimara Gonçalves dos Santoshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5841-8544Sidney Alberto do Nascimento Ferreirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4156-9733Daniel Felipe de Oliveira Gentilhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4462-1330ABSTRACT: Astrocaryum murumuru is a palm tree typical of Amazonian lowland areas (floodplains), whose seeds are exploited extractively for the manufacture of cosmetics. Germination of the species takes time, highlighting the need to develop techniques that shorten this process. Therefore, this research aimed to evaluate the germination and vigor of A. murumuru seeds, subjected to different thermal conditions of stratification. The experimental design adopted was completely randomized, with four treatments (different thermal conditions) and four replications. After drying the diaspores, extracting and soaking the seeds, these (with moisture content of 26.8%) were placed in double plastic bags containing vermiculite, moistened with water equivalent to 60% of their dry mass. They were then maintained under the following conditions: natural environment (27.8 ± 2.7 °C); oven with a temperature of 40 °C for 3 hours per day; oven with a temperature of 40 °C for 6 hours per day; and oven with a temperature of 40 °C for 9 hours a day. Stratification at a temperature of 40 °C/3 hours/day provides better germination performance and initial development of A. murumuru seedlings (51%), in addition to reducing remaining dormant (25%) and dead (24%) seeds.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2317-15372024000100406&lng=en&tlng=enamazon palm treeseed dormancytemperature alternation
spellingShingle Jucimara Gonçalves dos Santos
Sidney Alberto do Nascimento Ferreira
Daniel Felipe de Oliveira Gentil
Germination and emergence of Astrocaryum murumuru Mart. under stratification in different temperature regimes
Journal of Seed Science
amazon palm tree
seed dormancy
temperature alternation
title Germination and emergence of Astrocaryum murumuru Mart. under stratification in different temperature regimes
title_full Germination and emergence of Astrocaryum murumuru Mart. under stratification in different temperature regimes
title_fullStr Germination and emergence of Astrocaryum murumuru Mart. under stratification in different temperature regimes
title_full_unstemmed Germination and emergence of Astrocaryum murumuru Mart. under stratification in different temperature regimes
title_short Germination and emergence of Astrocaryum murumuru Mart. under stratification in different temperature regimes
title_sort germination and emergence of astrocaryum murumuru mart under stratification in different temperature regimes
topic amazon palm tree
seed dormancy
temperature alternation
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2317-15372024000100406&lng=en&tlng=en
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