PHYSIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF Brachiaria brizantha SEEDS TREATED WITH FUNGICIDE AND INSECTICIDE

• Main Authors: ERIC FABIANO SERAGUZI, CARLOS HENRIQUE QUEIROZ REGO, FERNANDA BRITO CARDOSO, ANA CARINA DA SILVA CÂNDIDO, CHARLINE ZARATIN ALVES
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido 2018-01-01
• Series: Revista Caatinga
• Online Access: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=237158167013

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of chemical treatment of seeds with fungicide and insecticide on the seed physiological quality of Brachiaria brizantha cultivar MG5. Two experiments with four replicates were carried out in a completely randomized design. In the first experiment, the seeds were treated with the fungicide pyraclostrobin + fipronil + thiophanate-methyl and in the second, with the insecticide thiamethoxam, both at doses of 0, 150, 300, 450, and 600 mL of commercial product (CP)/100 kg of seeds. Physiological characterization was done on the basis of the first germination count, germination (%), emergence (%), emergence speed index, and length and dry mass of shoot and root. The treatment of B. brizantha seeds with the fungicide pyraclostrobin + fipronil + thiophanate-methyl benefits the physiological quality of seeds, improving germination and root development, with no phytotoxic effect up to the dose of 600 mL of CP/100 kg of seeds. The insecticide thiamethoxam has a biostimulating effect on B. brizantha cultivar MG5 up to the dose of 270 mL of CP/100 kg of seeds, but is phytotoxic in larger doses.