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Copyright Universidade Federal de Viçosa-UFV, Revista Ceres Nov/Dec 2014

Abstract

Brazil is the largest producer, consumer and exporter of forage seeds from tropical climate. The objective of this study was to evaluate the initial development of Brachiaria dictyoneura cv. Llanero according to sowing depth and methods of breaking dormancy. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse in a randomized block design with four replications in a split plot design. The five treatments used in the experiment were sowing depths and methods of breaking dormancy in subplots. Each plot consisted of 25 seeds and from the 10th day of sowing, emerged plants were counted to determine the emergence speed index and on the 35th day after sowing, the seedlings emergence, plant height and the dry mass of shoots were evaluated. Seeds of B. dictioneura sown at 4.0 cm of deepness and submitted to mechanical scarification showed better growth in all parameters evaluated. The surface sowing and at depths below 4.0 cm are inefficient for establishing B. dictyoneura pastures.

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Title
Profundidade de semeadura e superação de dormência no crescimento inicial de sementes de Brachiaria dictyoneura (Fig. & De Not.) Stapf (1919) cv. Llanero/Sowing depth and breaking dormancy at early seed growth of Brachiaria dyctioneura (Fig. & De Not.) Stapf (1919) cv. Llanero
Author
Zuffo, Alan Mario; Andrade, Fabrício Ribeiro; da Silva, Luana Maria Alves; de Menezes, Karen Oliveira; da Silva, Roberto Lustosa; Piauilino, Adelfran Cavalcante
Pages
948-955
Publication year
2014
Publication date
Nov/Dec 2014
Publisher
Universidade Federal de Viçosa-UFV, Revista Ceres
ISSN
0034737X
e-ISSN
21773491
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Portuguese
ProQuest document ID
1659755513
Copyright
Copyright Universidade Federal de Viçosa-UFV, Revista Ceres Nov/Dec 2014