Qualidade fisiológica de sementes de gergelim em função da adubação orgânica, posição dos frutos e da deficiência hídrica em diferentes fases fenológicas

Abstract

Sesame is the oldest known oleaginous. It has great economic importance for the high oil content in its seeds and its expandability, since their adaptation to soil and climate conditions of Brazilian semiarid region, which becomes a source of income for small and medium producers. However, to get a good production the use of high quality seeds is necessary. The physiological seed quality can be influenced by several factors, among which stands out the position of the fruit on the plant stem at harvest and water stress during production. Based on the above objective of this study was to determine the production of components and evaluate the physiological quality of sesame seeds depending on the position of the fruit on the plant stem from organic fertilizer. Also evaluated the quality of seeds from plants that were subjected to water stress in different phenological phases. In the first experiment were used sesame seeds harvested from plants that were subjected to water deficit in the following stages of development: Phase 1 (germination to the early vegetative growth - T1); Phase 2 (vegetative growth to flowering - T2); Phase 3 (flowering to fruit formation - T3); Phase 4 (ripening of fruits - T4); Phase 5 (stress at all stages - T5); and Phase 6 (full irrigation - T6). The seeds from plants subjected to drought resulted in low vigor. In the second experiment were derived from fruit seeds used collected from three positions in the plant stem (third lower, middle and upper) according to their color, yellow, yellowish green and green, respectively. Fertilized with cattle manure rates (0, 20, 40 and 60 t ha-1). The quality of seeds is reduced when harvested fruit with green color (upper third). The organic fertilization did not influence the quality of seeds.