Author(s)

Fernando Ribeiro Teles de Camargo¹, Isneider Luiz Silva^1*, Patricio Javier Robles Barros¹, Diego Palmiro Ramirez Ascheri¹, Renato Souza Rodovalho², Nilton Cezar Bellizzi³, José Luis Ramírez Ascheri¹, Itamar Rosa Teixeira¹, Ivano Alessandro Devilla¹, André José de Campos¹

¹State University of Goiás, Campus Exact and Technological Sciences—Henrique Santillo (CCET), Anápolis, Brazil.
²Institute Federal Goiano Campus Ceres, Ceres, Brazil.
³Department of Agronomy, State University of Goiás, Palmeirasde Goiás, Brazil.

Soybean is the most produced oil crop in the world, with great increase in its annual production as well as great generation of waste from its industrialization. The soybean hulls can be used for the elaboration of products such as carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), adding high value to this residue and it can be used as a coating polymer in seeds. The objective of this work was to analyze the physiological quality of soybean seeds treated with CMC and fungicide, recording images to verify the effectiveness of the coating in the seeds. The experiment was randomized into factorial scheme 2 × 4 with four replicates, two soybean cultivars M-7110 and M-7739 and four types of coating: without (control), CMC, fungicide and fungicide/CMC. The variables analyzed were: vigor (first count), germination test, accelerated aging, length and dry mass of the radicle and hypocotyl length. The images were made with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) with zoom of 50 and 200 times. The CMC used alone or with fungicide, provided good physiological quality of soybean seeds. In some analyzes there was difference between the cultivars M 7110 and M 7739. The combination of CMC and fungicide provided a better coating on the seeds.

Glycine max, CMC, Cultivars, Treatments, Microscope

de Camargo, F. , Silva, I. , Barros, P. , Ascheri, D. , Rodovalho, R. , Bellizzi, N. , Ascheri, J. , Teixeira, I. , Devilla, I. and de Campos, A. (2017) Physiological Quality of Soybean Seeds Treated with Carboxymethyl Cellulose and Fungicide. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 8, 2748-2757. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2017.811185.