January 2017

Physiological quality and vigor of sesame seeds due to organic fertilizing and fruits position on stem

The sesame fruits present differences on maturity due to their position on the plant stem. Thus, the objective of this paper is to evaluate the physiological quality of sesame seeds from three fruits locations on the plant stem (lower, middle and upper thirds) due to fertilizing with cattle manure (0, 20, 40 and 60 t.ha-1). We evaluated the germination percentage, first germination count, germination speed index,...

Author(s): Ronimeire Torres da Silva, Alexandre Bosco de Oliveira, Maria de Fatima Queiroz Lopes, Fuad Pereira Nogueira Filho, Andre´ Luis da Silva Parente Nogueira, Maria Neurilan Costa Silva