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    Temperature and light influence on marcela germination (Achyrocline satureioides)

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    O trabalho teve como objetivo estudar alguns aspectos sobre a germinação de sementes de marcela (Achyrocline satureioides), planta de intenso uso na medicina popular. A germinação foi testada sob a influĂȘncia da temperatura, na presença e ausĂȘncia de luz. Entre as temperaturas de 20, 25, 30 e 35ÂșC, a maior porcentagem de germinação e o menor tempo mĂ©dio de germinação ocorreram a 20-25ÂșC na presença de luz. Temperaturas de 30 e 35ÂșC induziram inibição ou dormĂȘncia secundĂĄria. Sob as temperaturas de 20, 25 e 30ÂșC, as sementes mostraram ser fotoblĂĄsticas positivas. Com o armazenamento de dez meses apĂłs a colheita, houve decrĂ©scimo significativo do poder germinativo.The aim of this work was to understand better the marcela (Achyrocline satureioides) germination process. This is a very common herb in the Brazilian folk medicine. The temperature influence under continuous light and dark conditions on seed germination was tested. The best germinability and the least average germination time occurred at 20 and 25ÂșC under light. Temperatures of 30 and 35ÂșC induced inhibition or secondary dormancy. The seeds were positively photoblastic at 20, 25, 30ÂșC. There was a significative decrease on germinability after ten months from the harvest
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