The germination success of the cut seeds of Eugenia pyriformis depends on their size and origin

• Main Authors: Juliana Sakagawa Prataviera, Edmir Vicente Lamarca, Carmen Cinira Teixeira, Claudio José Barbedo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Tecnologia de Sementes
• Series: Journal of Seed Science
• Subjects: germination; seed cutting; Myrtaceae; uvaia
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2317-15372015000100047&lng=en&tlng=en

Seeds of Eugenia pyriformis may produce several seedlings after cutting. Both the type of cutting and the size of the seed can determine the success in obtaining new seedlings. The size of the seeds is dependent on both the number of seeds per fruit and the conditions in which seeds develop, as well as the biometric characteristics of these seeds obtained from different regions and seasons. The seeds from each origin were evaluated in length, width, thickness, water content and dry mass, as well as the average number of seeds per fruit. From one of the regions, seeds were grouped according to the number of seeds per fruit and also according to their size, and then cut into two and four parts, and then analyzed for the fragments germination. The results demonstrated the high capacity of these seed fragments to produce new seedlings, but the capability reduces with the reduction in seed size. This size depends not only on the number of seeds per fruit, but also on the region and the period of the seed production.