This study aimed to understand the perception of teachers from the final years of Elementary Schools from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, about Environmental Education and how they practice it. A questionnaire was elaborated and sent to teachers from different schools and cities of Rio Grande do Sul state through Google Forms. It was observed that the teachers recognize the importance of Environmental Education, and in general agree that it has to be worked in an interdisciplinary manner, however, they don’t have the education to do so; they don’t know the existent Brazilian legislation about the theme and don’t effectively comprehend the meaning of teaching Environmental Education. The practices in the schools lack further development and meaning, being incapable of attending to its objective of shaping ecologic and critical individuals that are aware of their role in the preservation of the environment.
The propagation of yerba mate is carried out by seeds. In nature, birds are the main dispersers and the passage of seeds through the digestive system helps in germination. The laboratory simulation of the conditions provided by the passage of seeds in the digestive tract can be a pre-treatment alternative. Thus, the objective of the work was to evaluate the effect of pre-treatments, associating acid environment in the stratification, on the emergence of I. paraguariensis seeds. Two pre-treatments (PT) were tested: acidified aqueous solution (PT1) and a sequence of aqueous solutions (neutral + acid) (PT2). The pretreated seeds were subjected to stratification in sand (T1 and T2), in addition to seeds without pretreatment that were stratified in sand (T3) and stratified in sand and buried (T4). At 90, 135, and 180 days, seeds were removed from the stratification and taken to the laboratory. In addition to these treatments, a control treatment (seeds without pre-treatment and stratification) and pretreated (PT1 and PT2) seeds without stratification (T5 and T6), which were submitted to emergency and followed up weekly for 180 days, were included. After this period, the tetrazolium test was performed on non-emerged seeds. Seeds stratified for 90 days did not emerge, with 135 days there was 0.9% emergence, and the treatment with stratification in sand and buried (T4) had the greatest emergence (4.25%). With 180 days of stratification, an average emergency of 9.6% was obtained and the highest percentage was seen in T2 (pre-treatment followed by stratification), with 33% of emergence.
Ilex paraguariensis A.St.-Hil. is a native species in Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Propagation is carried out by seeds that have a low germination rate and morphophysiological dormancy. In order to increase the germination percentage, stratification treatments and emergence monitoring were tested. For this, yerba mate seeds were subjected to stratification treatments: Treatment 1 - seeds between two sand layers; Treatment 2 - seeds between two sand layers and commercial substrate covered with corn straw; Treatment 3 - seeds between two sand layers with the addition of 4.0 g "L" ^"-1" of slow-release fertilizer (16-8-12 - 6 months); Treatment 4 - seeds between two sand layers covered with corn straw; and a control treatment - seeds without stratification. The stratification period for all treatments was 180 days, and at 120, 150, and 180 days, 100 seeds were removed per repetition from each treatment for emergence tests, with weekly observation for 180-days in a completely randomized design. After that period, the tetrazolium test was performed with the seeds that did not emerge. At 120-days of stratification there was no emergence and at 150-days it was 0.83%. At 180-days, treatment 3 showed the highest percentage - 13.19%. Seeds without stratification do not germinate and after 180-days of emergence the amount of non-viable seeds increased in all treatments. Stratification in sand with slow-release fertilizer favors the emergence of yerba mate seedlings.
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