Condutividade elétrica em diferentes estruturas de sementes de feijão

Abstract

One of the main requirements for the assessment of the effect of seed refers to obtaining reliable results in a relatively short period of time, enabling the streamlining of decision-making. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of the electrical conductivity test, conducted with different structures of bean seeds (whole seed, cotyledons and embryonic axes), the separation of lots in levels of force, to check the possibility to obtain results in less time to 24 hours, to evaluate the efficiency of mass and individual methods and the results correlate with the emergence of seedlings in the field. We used seeds of the bean IAPAR 81, represented by four lots. The evaluation of the physiological quality of seeds was performed by the germination test, first count, classification of seedling vigor, accelerated aging, speed of protrusion of the root, emergence of seedlings in the field, leaching of potassium, calcium and magnesium, and studied methods for conducting the test, electrical conductivity, mass and individual with whole seeds, cotyledons and embryonic axes of bean. It was concluded that the electrical conductivity test conducted with embryonic axes is promising for evaluating the effect of bean seeds, is to determine the effect of bean seeds by the electrical conductivity test individual at a time, using embryonic axes the force of bean seeds can be determined by the electrical conductivity test mass in eight hours, using embryonic axes and in one hour with the cotyledons and embryonic axes are the structures that best express the reduction in force of bean seeds by the leaching of potassium, calcium and magnesium.