The experiment was carried out at the Seed Laboratory of the Agronomy Center of the Federal University of Espirito Santo, in order to attain acceleration of germination and reduce seed deterioration in Ormosia nitida Vog.. A completely randomized experimental design with four replications was used. In experiment I, with paper substratum, the treatments were intact seeds (control); mechanical scarification and sulfuric acid soaking for 10 minutes. In experiment II, in Petri dishes, the treatments were intacts seeds (control); mechanical scarification; mechanical scarification + soaking in water at 35ºC for 24 hours; imbibition of germination substratum with H2O2; sulphuric acid soaking for 1; 5; 10; 15; 20; 25 and 30 minutes. The results showed higher synchronization and speed germination in treatments with mechanical scarification, sulphuric acid for 10 minutes and H2O2 in the substratum.
Ormosia nitida; germinative capacity; vigor; dormancy
