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Provedor de dados: 	Scientia Agricola	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Accelerated aging of melon seeds	
Autores: 	Torres,Salvador Barros; Marcos Filho,Julio.	
Data: 	2003-02-01	
Ano: 	2003	
Palavras-chave: 	Cucumis melo; Physiological quality; Vigor.	
Resumo: 	Accelerated aging is one of the most useful tests used for the evaluation of seed vigor but it is seldomly used to test melon (Cucumis melo L.) seeds. The objective this research was to compare different procedures of the accelerated aging test to evaluate the physiological quality of melon seeds and the efficiency of using saturated salt solution for the control of water uptake by seeds. Five seed lots each of the hybrids AF-646 and AF-682 were tested for germination, seedling emergence, traditional accelerated aging (periods 0f 48, 72 and 96 hours, at 38 or 41°C) and salt saturated accelerated aging. The accelerated aging test (traditional procedure and with salt solution) for 72h and 96h, at 38 or 41°C was sensitive to detect differences in the physiological quality of the seeds. It was also observed that the seed water content after salt saturated accelerated aging was lower and more uniform, thus presenting advantagens in relation to the traditional procedure.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162003000100012	
Editor: 	São Paulo - Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"	
Relação: 	10.1590/S0103-90162003000100012	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Scientia Agricola  v.60 n.1 2003	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess