VIGOR DE SEMENTES DE CENOURA RECOBERTAS COM BIOESTIMULANTE DE Solieria filiformis

Abstract

To guarantee seeds with high physiological quality, resulting in a uniform plant stand, resilient and tolerant to abiotic stresses, procedures that can improve the seed potential, such as the use of biostimulant, need to be studied. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of seed coating of different carrot cultivars with biostimulant based on the algae Solieria filiformis on seed germination and seedling development under thermal stress. The experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design, with a 4 x 4 factorial scheme (cultivars and doses), with five replications. Carrot seeds from the cultivars Brasília, Danvers, Esplanada and Planalto were used, and the seeds were covered with doses of 0, 2, 4 and 8 mL.L^-1 of biostimulant. After covering and sterilizing, the seeds were submitted to evaluations of: percentage and germination speed, seedling length, seedling dry mass and accelerated aging. The results were submitted to analysis of variance and regression analysis (doses) and Tukey test (cultivars). There were no improvements in the germination and growth of carrot seedlings under adequate temperature conditions, however there was a higher germination speed at a temperature of 30°C for the Brasilia cultivar, an increase in the shoot and root growth at seed temperature 30 °C for Esplanada and Planalto cultivars and dry root mass for Brasilia cultivar at the ideal temperature.