With the objective of evaluating the effect of different methods of dormancy break down on P.cincinnata Mast. seeds, a research was carried out in greenhouse at Bahia State University, Campus of Vitória da Conquista county, Bahia State, Brazil. The experimental design was a interely randomized blocks, composed of seven treatments and three replications, (T1-seeds dried in shade; T2-seeds dried in the sun; T3-seeds dried in shade followed by scarification; T4-seeds dried in shade and treated with captana (0,2%); T5-seeds dried in the sun followed by scarification; T6-seeds dried in shade and treated with hot water at 50ºC; T7-seeds dried in shade and treated with hot water at 80ºC. The obtained results showed that for overcoming seeds dormancy of P. cincinnata Mast. treatments T3 (seeds dried in shade followed by scarification) and T6 (seeds dried in shade and treated with hot water at 50ºC) presented the best results.
Passifloraceae; physiology; germination; scarification; quality
