Effect of fungal incidence on physiological quality of tobacco seeds used in Brazil

Autor: Mariane Sayuri Ishizuka, Maria Heloisa Duarte de Moraes, Maria Helena Carmignani Pescarin Chamma, Carlos Eduardo Pulcinelli, José Otavio Machado Menten
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Arquivos do Instituto Biológico, Vol 85, Iss 0 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1808-1657
DOI: 10.1590/1808-1657000352017
Popis: ABSTRACT: The objectives of the present project were to evaluate the sanity and germination of tobacco seed samples cultivated in Brazil and to identify potential pathogenic fungi to the culture. Thirty-four representatives samples of tobacco seeds were evaluated through germination and sanity test by the blotter-test. On the germination test, results were expressed in percentage of seedlings considered normal, abnormal and non-germinated seeds. The percentage of seeds germination varied between 54.5 and 90%. According to sanity test, it was verified the incidence of Alternaria alternata, Cladosporium spp., Fusarium spp., and Phoma spp. The incidence of A. alternata varied from 3 to 67%, and Fusarium spp. varied from 0 to 19%. There was significative positive correlation between the incidence of A. alternata and the percentage of seed germination. Species of Alternaria and Fusarium can be potential pathogens to tobacco culture and an alarm for the necessity of seed treatment of the seeds that are transporting these fungi.
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