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      Tetrazolium test for the viability of gherkin seeds Translated title: Teste de tetrazólio para avaliação da viabilidade de sementes de maxixe

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          ABSTRACT The tetrazolium test is a quick and effective method for evaluating viability in seeds. The aim of this study was to determine a methodology for using the tetrazolium test, and its efficiency in verifying viability in seeds of the gherkin (Cucumis anguria L.). Consequently, five batches of gherkin seed were initially evaluated by the tests for germination, first count and speed of germination. The batches were then subjected to treatments in order to adjust the methodology for the tetrazolium test, evaluating three concentrations of tetrazolium solution (0.100, 0.075 and 0.050%), kept in the dark for two, four and six hours, under temperatures of 35 °C and 40 °C, with four replications of 25 seeds per treatment. At the end of the staining period, the seeds were washed in running water, split lengthways between the cotyledons, and classified as viable and non-viable. Evaluation of viability in seeds of the gherkin by tetrazolium test is efficient when carried out at a concentration of 0.050%, either for six hours at 35 °C or four hours at 40 °C.

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          RESUMO O teste de tetrazólio é um método rápido e eficaz para avaliar a viabilidade das sementes. Este trabalho teve como objetivo determinar a metodologia de execução do teste de tetrazólio e a sua eficiência para verificar a viabilidade em sementes de maxixe (Cucumis anguria L.). Para isso, cinco lotes de sementes de maxixe foram inicialmente avaliados pelo teste de germinação, primeira contagem e velocidade de germinação. Posteriormente os lotes foram submetidos aos tratamentos para adequação da metodologia do teste de tetrazólio, sendo avaliadas três concentrações da solução de tetrazólio (0,100; 0,075 e 0,050%), mantidas no escuro, por duas, quatro e seis horas, sob temperaturas de 35 e 40 °C, com quatro repetições de 25 sementes para cada tratamento. Decorridos os períodos de coloração, as sementes foram lavadas em água corrente, seccionadas longitudinalmente entre os cotilédones e classificados em viáveis e não viáveis. A avaliação da viabilidade de sementes de maxixe pelo teste de tetrazólio é eficiente quando realizada sob concentração de 0,050% por seis horas a 35 °C ou quatro horas a 40 °C.

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                Revista Ciência Agronômica
                Rev. Ciênc. Agron.
                Universidade Federal do Ceará
                1806-6690
                March 2017
                : 48
                : 1
                : 118-124
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                [1 ] Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido Brazil
                [2 ] Universidade Federal de Campina Grande Brazil
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                S1806-66902017000100118
                10.5935/1806-6690.20170013
                c5e83bd7-03d0-48a3-86cd-15644ed01e91

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                AGRONOMY

                Horticulture
                Cucumis anguria,Viabilidade,Teste rápido,Viability,Vigour,Quick test,Vigor
                Horticulture
                Cucumis anguria, Viabilidade, Teste rápido, Viability, Vigour, Quick test, Vigor

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