DETERMINATION OF THE BEST TREATMENT TO OVERCOME THE DORMANCY OF GUARIROBA - Syagrus oleracea (MART) BECC

Authors

  • Magda Beatriz de Almeida Matteucci UFG
  • Noga Neve Ribeiro Guimarães UFG
  • João Batista Duarte UFG
  • Domingos Tiveron Filho UFG

Keywords:

Syagrus, germination, bitter palmetto

Abstract

The guariroba is a palm tree that splies a bitter palmetto. This species has low germination and demands a long time for it. This study aimed to determine a treatment to increase germination and to reduce the time expended by guariroba seeds for it. The treatments were: 1- fresh cocoas with pulp; 2 - fresh cocoas without pulp; 3 - dry and fired cocoas; and 4 - dry cocoas. The observations were made at 20, 30, 40, and 50 days. The treatment 3 didn’t present germination. The statistic tests results showed highly significant differences among other treatments (1, 2 and 4) in germination of seeds. The orthogonal displaying of treatments effects showed better germination of fresh and dispulped cocoas (1% probability). Treatment 2 showed germination increase after 20 days (y = 0.05714 + 2.5 X - 0.0257x², with R2 = 0,99**).

KEY-WORDS: Syagrus; germination; bitter palmetto.

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Published

2007-12-17

How to Cite

MATTEUCCI, M. B. de A.; GUIMARÃES, N. N. R.; DUARTE, J. B.; TIVERON FILHO, D. DETERMINATION OF THE BEST TREATMENT TO OVERCOME THE DORMANCY OF GUARIROBA - Syagrus oleracea (MART) BECC. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 25, n. 2, p. 149–153, 2007. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/2918. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.

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Research Article