Avaliação de qualidade de sementes para o uso em sistemas agroecológicos

Abstract

Agroecological seeds are often produced, cultivated and consumed by family farmers. The great advance of genetic engineering and the exponential growth of technology in the field has been developing seeds with greater productive potentials and intensively standardized characters with smaller varieties of cultivars. The aim of this study was to compare germination quality (electrical conductivity, germination potential, germination speed index) between conventional and native seeds. The methodology used was the germination test of five agroecological seeds (arugula, lettuce, watercress, parsley, carrot) compared to conventional ones. The results had better performance in conventional seeds, and we concluded that studies should be extended and the quality of agroecological seeds improved.