Abstract

GONZALEZ, Yolanda; REINO, J  and  TORAL, Odalys. Seed quality of legume accessions collected in the eastern region of Cuba (Technical note). Pastos y Forrajes [online]. 2011, vol.34, n.1, pp.29-35. ISSN 0864-0394.

A collection mission was conducted during 2006 in the eastern region of Cuba, which comprised zones of the provinces Granma, Guantánamo, Holguín, Bayamo, Las Tunas and Camagüey. Seeds from 95 legume accessions, 68 herbaceous ones and 27 trees, were collected. Afterwards, a germination test was conducted, to know their quality (with seed coat cut). For that purpose, Petri dishes were used on river sand. The number of seeds used was variable in each accession (according to the collected amount) and only one replication was used (without statistical design). The germination counts were made according to international rules. The best quality seeds corresponded to the tree species, although low germination was shown by Cajanus cajan, Cassia siamea, Peltophorum ferrugianum and Leucaena leucocephala, from the Floro-Pérez zone in the Holguín province. They all showed 100% survival. Seed quality depended on the time the seeds stayed in the field after the pod maturation stage. Through this collection mission the germplasm of the EEPF «Indio Hatuey» increased with 64 new accessions. To continue collecting germplasm in other zones of the country is recommended, with emphasis on trees, which would allow achieving higher diversity from their use in livestock production systems, as well as to conduct the corresponding quality tests.

Keywords : Quality; seed collection.

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