Author(s): OLIVEIRA, J. P. B. de; ALEXANDRE, R. S.; NEGREIROS, J. R. da S.; LOPES, J. C.; BRUCKNER, C. H.

Summary: The objective was to evaluate the percentage of emergency plantlets and lipid peroxidation in seeds of 29 half-sib progenies of yellow passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims.) after 24 months under storage. The experimental design was completely randomized, with four replications of 50 seeds each, from which the treatments were the progenies (1-29). The evaluation of the percent plantlet emergency was accomplished at 14 and 28 days after sowing. The lipid peroxidation of the seeds was expressed as malondialdehyde (MDA) content that was determined by the TBARS method. Approximately 21% of those half-sib progenies maintained the viability of their seeds for twenty-four months under storage. The results point out a remarkable genetic variability for vigor and emergency of the yellow passion fruit plantlets, with occurrence of individuals with high and other ones with low capacity to maintaining the physiologic quality of their seeds after storage.

Publication year: 2012

Types of publication: Journal article

Unit: Embrapa Acre

Keywords: Agronomic traits, Almacenamiento de semillas, Armazenamento, Bioquímica vegetal, Características Agronômicas, Genetic variation, Lipid peroxidation, Malondialdeído, Maracujá, Maracujá amarelo, Passiflora edulis, Passiflora edulis f flavicarpa, Peroxidación lipídica, Peroxidação lipídica, Plant biochemistry, Seed storage, Semente, Variación genética, Variação genética