With the aim of studying the relationship between the physiological quality of soybean seeds submitted to three harvest times and seedling emergence in the field, seeds of cultivars UFV-16, Splendor, Vencedora, Confiança, UFV-18, UFV-TN 105, Garantia and Celeste were harvested at stages R8, R8+15 and R8+30 days. The following tests were performed: accelerated aging, electrical conductivity, emergence in sand, emergence speed index and seedling emergence in the field. Germination and vigor were reduced in seeds harvested at 30 days after stage R8 in all the tests, except for the accelerated aging test, which showed a decline in vigor seeds harvested with a delay of 15 days. Seeds of cultivars UFV-16, Confiança and Garantia showed lower physiological quality in most tests, while the seeds of cultivar Celeste had higher physiological quality than the others. There was similarity between the test results of seed quality and seedling emergence in the field.

This study aimed at evaluating seed health quality, as well as seedling emergence in the field, of eight soybean cultivars (UFV-16, Splendor, Vencedora, Confiança, UFV-18, UFV-TN 105, Garantia, and Celeste) subjected to different harvest periods. To this, seeds were harvested at the growth stages R8, R8+15 days, and R8+30 days, and then submitted to health test and to the test of seedling emergence in field. Results showed that although seeds harvested at 15 and 30 days after the stage R8 had shown a significant increase of fungi infection, especially by Fusarium spp., Phomopsis spp., and Epicoccum spp., the percent seedling emergence in the field was reduced only to seeds harvested 30 days after the reproductive stage R8. Cultivars have shown differentiated behavior between each other in relation to the percent incidence rate of fungi and seedling emergence in the field; and the seeds least infected by fungi were those allowing the highest percent emergence of seedlings in the field.

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ALEK SANDRO DUTRA 2 , SEBASTIÃO MEDEIROS FILHO 3 , ELIZITA MARIA TEÓFILO 4 , FÁBIO OLIVEIRA DINIZ 5 RESUMO -Senna siamea é uma espécie arbórea originária da Tailândia, que se adaptou às condições do nordeste brasileiro, que vem sendo utilizada na arborização, cerca viva e produção de madeira. A pesquisa foi conduzida em dois experimentos com o objetivo de identificar métodos para superação da dormência e verificar os efeitos da temperatura e luz na germinação de suas sementes. No primeiro, as sementes foram submetidas aos tratamentos: calor úmido, imersão em ácido sulfúrico e água quente, escarificação mecânica, visando à superação da dormência além da testemunha. Foram determinados os percentuais de germinação, de sementes duras e mortas. No segundo experimento, após tratamento com ácido sulfúrico, as sementes foram semeadas em papel-filtro e colocada para germinar sob cinco combinações: luz contínua e 25 o C constante; luz contínua e temperaturas (35 o C/8h e 20 o C/16h); escuro contínuo e 25 o C constante; escuro contínuo e temperaturas (35 o C/8h e 20 o C/16h) e alternância de luz e temperatura (luz/35 o C/8h e escuro/20 o C/ 16h). Concluiu-se que Senna siamea apresenta sementes dormentes. Entre os tratamentos para superação de dormência destacam-se a escarificação mecânica e a utilização do ácido sulfúrico. As sementes mostram-se indiferentes à luz e sua germinação não foi influenciada pelas temperaturas testadas.

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