ABSTRACT
Anadenanthera colubrina (Vellozo) Brenan is a Mimosaceae tree used for pasture afforestation and its wood produces good quality parquet blocks, slats, packing, charcoal and firewood. This work aimed to study the species seed influence under accelerated aging treatments in order to evaluate seed vigour through germination test. The aging camera method was adopted with temperatures of 40 ± 2oC and humidity around 95%, with stay time zero (T1); 24 (T2); 48(T3); 72 (T4) and 96 hours (T5). Statistic design used was completely random, with four replicate and 25 seeds per treatment. Germination test was carried out under 30oC temperature and continuous light with paper filter moistened as substrate. First counting was conducted on the fifth day and the last on the ninth day after trial establishment. Fresh seed germination was 98% and water content was 8,1%. It was observed that control treatment (T1), after 14 months of storge showed 75% germination and the others treatments showed germination between 32 and 21%. Accelerated aging caused loss of viability on the observed seeds, low percentage of normal plants and high percentage of deteriorated seeds. Accelerated aging decreased the seed germination speed.
Key words:
Anadenanthera colubrine; vigour; accelerated ageing