Productivity and quality of chickpea seeds in Northern Minas Gerais, Brazil

Autor: Bruna Cecília Santos Hoskem, Cândido Alves da Costa, João Batista de Campos Menezes, Leonardo David Tuffi Santos, Warley Marcos Nascimento, Rosane Borges Mendes
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Ciências Agrárias - Brazilian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 12:261-268
ISSN: 1981-0997
DOI: 10.5039/agraria.v12i3a5445
Popis: This study evaluated the productive performance, physiological and sanitary quality of the ‘BRS Cicero’ chickpea cultivar seeds at two sites in the municipality of Montes Claros, MG, at different planting times under irrigated system. The production characteristics evaluated were: plant height and weight, harvest index, weight per 100 seeds and productivity. The germination, first germination count and germination speed index were used to evaluate the physiological quality of the seeds, and the freezing filter paper test, to evaluate their sanitary quality. The planting in Sao Roberto was more favorable for the development of the plants, with higher production (from 2 to 4 t ha-1) and physiological quality of seeds. The best planting time under the soil and climate conditions of Montes Claros, MG varied between sites, with June being the most indicated month for both sites. The ‘BRS Cicero’ cultivar showed high productive performance in the conditions of Montes Claros, MG, during the evaluation period.
Databáze: OpenAIRE