Influence of the temperature in germination of seeds of jabuticaba tree

The jaboticaba tree (Myrciaria spp.) is originated from the center-south of Brazil and presents different types. It's a medium size tree, with tendency to form a crown with great number of branches. A characteristic considered as limitant for the commercial crop is the great juvenility, advicing producing good rootstocks of seedlings and graft wanted varieties, and other vegetative processes. With the purpose of evaluating the effect of temperature on germination of three clones of jaboticaba tree, was carried out a laboratorial research. It was observed influence of the temperature on germination. The highest percentage of germination was obtained at low temperature (15ºC and 20ºC). When it was used the temperature of 35ºC, two clones had only 8% of germination, while the other one was verified 35%. These values show the possibility of the ocurrence of variability among the clones of jaboticaba tree.

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Main Authors: Andrade,Renata Aparecida de, Martins,Antonio Baldo Geraldo
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Fruticultura 2003
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-29452003000100056
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