Adequacy of the Electrical Conductivity Test Methodology for Millet Seeds

Luanna Rinaldi, Diandra Javorski, Maicon Javorski, Ana Simonetti, Tatiane Chiapetti, Maria Rocha, Mayra Abade, Camila Hendges, Cleonice Lubian, Jaqueline Barbosa, Guilherme Mascarello and Ivonei Perego

Journal of Agricultural Science, 2017, vol. 9, issue 11, 130

Abstract: Companies have sought to improve, more and more, the quality control of the seeds produced, improving tests that evaluate the vigor of the seeds with greater speed and precision. The objective of the present work was to study the effects of imbibition time on the results of the electrical conductivity test to evaluate the vigor of millet seeds and to correlate with the other tests carried out. Six seeds lots of the ADR300 cultivar with different vigor levels were used. Germination, first germination count, accelerated ageing, emergence and emergence speed of seedlings in sand and electrical conductivity with variations in water volume were performed (50 And 75 cm3), during the imbibition time of 2, 4, 6 and 8 hours, at 25 ºC. The time of 2 hours of the seed imbibition in 75 cm3 in water proved to be efficient to evaluate the vigor of millet seeds in all lots tested.

Date: 2017
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