Rounded seeds at the end and at the base of corn ears are separated from the flat ones by thickness during the processing as the former not well being accepted by farmers. Nevertheless, in the case of production of basic seeds, those rounded seeds have been marketed due to their high production cost. So, in this work it was aimed to study, in two corn cultivars AL 25 and BRS 106, the behavior of seeds situated on distinct spots on the ear (base, middle, and tip) regarding their performance. The experimental design was completely randomized in a 2 ' 3 ' 2 factorial scheme (two genotypes, three positions on the ear, submitted or not to accelerated aging) with four replications. Evaluation of performance was done by means of germination tests, germination velocity, emergence on soil + sand, cold test, and sanity by means of the "Blotter test''. It is concluded that a round seeds situated at the tip of the ear performs inferiorly compared to seeds at base and at the middle of the ear.
corn; position; seed; vigor; cultivars
