TITLE:
Coating with Different Doses of Fertilizer in Vinhático Seeds
AUTHORS:
Priscila G. F. D. Sousa, Henrique Duarte Vieira, Amanda Justino Acha
KEYWORDS:
Fabaceae, Coating, Fertilizer, Emergency
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.8 No.10,
September
29,
2017
ABSTRACT: Plathymenia reticulate Benth belongs to the family Fabaceae. It has its own hardwood for luxury
furniture, and it is also used in construction. The coating consists in
applying thin and uniform layers of inert adhesive mechanism in order to
increase the seed size, altering his shape, texture and color, in addition to
enabling common use of nutrients, fungicides, insecticides and microorganisms
beneficial. The goal of this study was to evaluate the physical and physiological
seed’s quality of mahogany coated with different doses of fertilizer. The
treatments were: T1: sand + lime; T2: sand + lime + 25 g of
fertilizer; T3: sand + lime + 50 g of
fertilizer; T4: sand + lime + 75 g of
fertilizer; T5: sand + lime + 100 g of
fertilizer, and control with uncoated seeds. Later, the seeds were evaluated in
laboratory and greenhouse. The coating increased
up to 91% weight of one thousand seeds without the treatment coated fertilizer. The presence of nutrient seed
coating decreases his germination. The doses of fertilizer used were
harmful to germination, IVG, emergency and IVE, but did not affect seedlings
development.