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Revista Cubana de Ciencias Forestales

On-line version ISSN 2310-3469

Rev cubana ciencias forestales vol.8 no.1 Pinar del Río Jan.-Apr. 2020  Epub Apr 06, 2020

 

Original article

Evaluation of pregerminative treatments on seeds of Euterpe precatoria Mart. (Huasaí) in the city of Pucallpa-Peru

María Angélica Flores Romayna1  * 
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5316-0751

Wilmer Ortega Chávez2 
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5888-2902

Arnulfo Ortega Mallqui3 
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0043-8200

1Universidad Nacional de Ucayali. Perú.

2Universidad Nacional Intercultural de la Amazonía. Perú.

3Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizan, Perú.

Abstract

In the research, pre-germination treatments applied to Euterpe precatoria Mart. seeds were evaluated, with the aim of observing their germination capacity, reducing the average germination time, making germination uniform and increasing the germination value. Eight pre-germination treatments are used: immersion in water at room temperature for 24, 72 and 120 hours; immersion in boiling water for 30, 60 and 90 seconds; scarification with sandpaper and scarification with sandpaper and immersion in water at room temperature for 24 hours at 20% of the cover, as well as one without any treatment. The experimental design was factorial, completely randomized, with four replicates per treatment and 25 seeds per replicate. Analysis of variance ANOVA with Duncan's test was applied to establish differences between treatments. The results showed significant differences value (P <0.05) between the pre-germination treatments and the control, with the exception of immersion in water at room temperature for 24 hours. The treatments with the highest percentage of germination were with water at room temperature, where 88, 76, and 62 % germinated respectively, followed by the scarified ones with 44 and 35 %, and the control with 30 % and the treatments with boiling water did not generate any germination. The treatment at room temperature for 72 hours, was the one that showed the best values of average germination time, greater germination uniformity and higher germination value, so it is the best to be applied to improve the germination capacity of E. precatoria Mart seeds.

Keywords: Euterpe precatoria; pre-germination; dipping; scarification.

Introduction

The Euterpe Precatoria Mart. (Huasaí) is a palm tree found in the Amazon floodplain and is highly valued for its high nutritional value; studies on its nutritional composition indicate the presence of amino acids, fatty acids, dietary fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, iron and calcium (Peixoto et al., 2016), Isaza et al., (2014). This palm is naturally found below 2000 m in the firmness forests and along the banks of rivers, in periodically flooded areas that grow from Belize in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south (Paniagua-Zambrana, Bussmann and Macía, 2017). León and Saldaña (2011) indicate that these palms are a very important group of plants for the inhabitants of rural populations in the Amazon, because they benefit from their multiple uses. They use the trunks and leaves to build houses, the fibers to make crafts, the fruits and palm heart for food.

In addition to the traditional uses of the plant, it has been studied for its medicinal potential, as in the case of the work of Peixoto et al., (2016), who studied the antioxidant capacity of the fruits of E. precatoria, a property also investigated by Ortega, (2015) and Kang et al., (2012) Likewise, Galotta, Boaventura and Lima, (2008) demonstrated that the fruits of the palm have antioxidant and cytotoxic properties. This shows the importance of the reproduction of the plant, not only to preserve a valuable resource in rural communities, but also as a treatment in medicine.

It has been shown that the germination of E. precatoria Mart seeds is slow and uneven, often resulting in low seedling production. Its propagation is done from seeds with a great variation in the germination process, which is also influenced by several factors such as temperature, light and humidity (Xavier et al., 2018). In the search to improve the germination of E. precatoria, works have been carried out where pre-germination treatments have been applied by means of hydration (De Souza et al., 2018) and it has been demonstrated that rehydration is favourable because, through it, a higher percentage of germination is achieved. Similarly, León and Saldaña, (2011) investigated the germination potential of E. precatoria seeds by subjecting them to hydration, heating and partial wear treatments, obtaining significant differences in the germination percentage with respect to the treatments.

In the present research, the objective was to evaluate the effect of germination treatments on the germination capacity, average germination time, germination uniformity and germination value of E seeds. precatoria Mart seeds, subjected to scarification and soaking treatments in cold and hot water, in order to establish the pre-germination treatment that produces a greater germination efficiency, which allows the production of a greater quantity of seedlings, which can be used for future projects of sowing the plant, for the sake of its massification and sustainable use of its properties, both food and building material and medicinal.

Materials and methods

The experiment took place at the Vivero Forestal of the Universidad Nacional de Ucayali (UNU), located at Km. 6000 of the Federico Basadre Highway. Politically it is located in the District of Callaría, Province of Coronel Portillo, Department of Ucayali. The nursery is of a permanent type, with a production capacity of 200 thousand plants per year. Seedbeds and chimes have constructions based on rustic material such as wood and roof of leaves typical of the place. According to the meteorological station of the Universidad Nacional de Ucayali, the annual average climatic conditions in the city of Pucallpa are: average annual temperature of 26.9 ºC, with a maximum of 36.5 ºC and a minimum of 17.4 ºC; average annual precipitation of 1773 mm; solar brightness of 159.1 h and R.H. 83.8 %.

The plant materials used in this research were 900 fruits of E. precatoria Mart. Other materials and tools were: scale, stove, water sandpaper No. 240, copper oxychloride (cupravit fungicide), seedbed, substrate 1:2:1 sand, agricultural soil and organic matter (decomposed sawdust).

The work was done with 10 kg of seeds collected from four trees in the Curimaná area. The fruits were collected from the father tree with the following characteristics: average age 15 years, between 12.5 to 15 cm, height between 20 and 25m; it was found associated with "Pona", "Unguragui". The collected fruits were moved to the study site and spread on a table for drying at room temperature under shade. Then the fruit was manually shelled to separate the seeds from the fruit, using wooden and stone tools. 900 seeds were selected manually, taking into account the shape and size of the seeds, discarding the smaller and deformed seeds.

The following characteristics of the seeds were measured(Equation 6)

Seed quality: quality seeds and defective seeds (mesocarp remains in the fruit) were weighed. The following formula was used to calculate the percentage of seed quality (Mancera et al., 2007) (Equation 1).

Where:

%P

=Percentage of quality

Pp

=Quality seed weight

Pt

=Total sample weight (quality seed weight + weight of defects)

Number of seeds per kilogram: for the calculation of this variable, 10 samples of 100 seeds each were taken at random and weighed. The weight per 100 seeds was then averaged. To determine the number of seeds per kilogram, the formula (Equation 2).

Moisture content of seeds: to determine the moisture content of the seeds, 5 random samples of 10 seeds were taken and weighed, then dried in the oven at a temperature of 103 ± 2 ºC until their weight became constant. For the calculation of moisture content, the following formula was applied as described by Rojas and Aristizábal (2012) (Equation 3).

Where:

H

=Percentage of humidity of the seeds

Pi

=Seed initial weight

Pf

=Final weight of the seeds

After the characterization of the seeds, they were disinfected with the use of copper oxychloride (cupravit) to avoid the attack of fungi, taking into account the following

  • The seeds that were not soaked before planting were treated with copper oxychloride powder (cupravit), in the case of treatment 1 (control) 8 scarification with sandpaper.

  • Seeds treated with liquid were immersed in copper oxychloride solution (cupravit) at a concentration of 5 g/litre for 5 minutes.

Nine pre-germination treatments were established, which are described in Table 1.

Tabla 1 - Description of the treatments applied 

Treatments Description
T1 Witness, no treatment was applied.
T2 Immersion of seeds in water at room temperature for 24 hours
T3 Immersion of seeds in water at room temperature for 72 hours
T4 Immersion of seeds in water at room temperature for 120 hours
T5 Immersion of seeds in boiling water for 30 seconds
T6 Immersion of seeds in boiling water for 60 seconds
T7 Immersion of seeds in boiling water for 90 seconds
T8 Scarification with water sandpaper N° 240, 20 % of the area of the cover of the seed.
T9 Scarification with water sandpaper No. 240, 20 % of the area of the seed cover and immersion in water at room temperature for 24 hours

The seedbed of the UNU's Vivero Forestal was conditioned and disinfected. It was conditioned, removing the substrate and the shed was built, using semi-shelled palm leaves. For the disinfection of the substrate, a cupravit solution (5 g/l) /m2 was prepared and then applied to the entire area of the bed. After disinfecting the seedbed and carrying out the treatments, the seeds were seeded at a distance of 7x7 cm. Each treatment was seeded with four repetitions, with 25 seeds per repetition. The germination count was made during 105 continuous days.

The experimental design was unifactorial, completely randomized (Kuehl, 2001), with four replicates per treatment and 25 seeds per replicate where:

Factor: pre-germination treatments.

Factor levels: treatment variants (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9).

Experimental unit: plot with 25 seeds.

Response variable: germination of seeds.

Percentage of germination (% G): all seeds germinated by treatment during the time of the experiment were counted and the percentage of germination was calculated (Equation 4).

Where:

%G

=Germination percentage

GA

=Germination accumulated until the last evaluation

M

=Quantity of seeds sown

Average Germination Time (GMT): was calculated using the equation shown by Martinez, Miranda and Magnitskiy, (2012) (Equation 5).

Where:

TMG

= Medium Term Germination Time

Spg

=Sum of mean points per single germination

Sg

=Sum of germinated seeds

Germination Uniformity (UG): to evaluate the Germination Time Typical Deviation (DTG) was determined.

Germinative Value (GV): For its determination, the formula described by Barone, Duarte and Luna, (2016) was used (Equation 7).

Where:

VG

=Germination value or Maguire index

Gi

=G1 + G2 +G3 +. . . + Ge

Gi

=Simple nth evaluation germination

= T1 + T2 + .... + Te

=Time elapsed from sowing to the ith evaluation

M

=Quantity of seeds sown

Previously, a Shapiro-Wilk test was carried out to analyse the assumption of normality of the data, obtaining a statistic of 0.924 and a P-value of 0.0715. The results of the normality test indicate that it cannot be discarded that the data fit a normal distribution with a 95 % confidence level, so Analysis of Parametric Variance (ANOVA) with Duncan's test at a significance level α=0.05 was used. The calculations were performed with the statistical package StatgraphicsCenturion XVII.

Results and discussion

The development of the proposed experimental design generated the results shown in Table 2, where the germination percentages obtained with the pre-germination treatments are observed (Table 2).

Table 2 - Percentage of E. precatoria Mart germination under the effect of nine pre-germination treatments 

Repetitions Treatments
T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9
1 32 60 80 76 0 0 0 36 32
2 36 68 92 80 0 0 0 48 36
3 24 64 92 72 0 0 0 40 28
4 28 56 88 76 0 0 0 52 44
Average 30 62 88 76 0 0 0 44 35
Coefficient of variation (%) 17,2 8,3 6,4 4,3 0 0 0 16,6 19,5

The Table 2 shows that with the treatments T5, T6 and T7 there was no germination of the seeds, despite the care and similar handling that was applied to the whole experiment, which makes them not suitable for the study, so they were discarded (Table 2).

A higher percentage of germination is observed with the T3 treatment, in which the seeds were rehydrated for 72 h in cold water, a result that contrasts with that reported by León and Saldaña, (2011), who show that all E. precatoria seeds treated by immersion in cold water showed germination percentages higher than 90 %. The same authors reported germination percentages for untreated seeds and partially worn out seeds greater than 80 %, a result that is also contrary to what was observed in the present research. It should be taken into account that, in the case of the cited research, the seeds were obtained from the region of Loreto in Peru and subjected to different conditions than those established in the present research, which could influence the differences observed.

De Souza et al., (2018) showed results of germination percentage of E. precatoria pretreated by soaking for 72 h of 61.7 %, lower value than the one obtained in the present investigation, which is similar to the one of seeds treated by soaking for 24 h in water at room temperature. This corroborates that the germination potential of the seeds does not depend exclusively on the treatments applied, but also on the origin and quality of the seeds, since the authors cited worked with seeds obtained from the forest nursery of the Universidad Federal de Amazonas in Manaus, Brazil.

The effect of the temperature to which the seeds were submitted was determinant. It was observed that the pre-treatments where the seeds were soaked in boiling water did not promote the germination of the seeds but, on the contrary, inhibited it. In their research, Xavier et al., (2018) showed that temperature is fundamental for the germination of E. precatoria, concluding that, at higher temperatures, lower percentages of germination are obtained, which coincides with what was observed in the present research. The negative effect of treatment with boiling water was also reported by Flores-Córdova et al., (2016), who used seeds of fodder species and weeds in their research and obtained that the treatment of immersion in hot water can produce damage to the embryo, because it can be aggressive which caused non-germination.

It is also observed that the treatments by scarification presented lower percentages of germination compared to the treatments by hydration. This treatment has been previously studied for seeds of other species and it has been proven that its effectiveness depends on the seed (Martínez, Orozco and Martorell, 2006; Ortiz-Timoteo et al., 2018).

When applying the analysis of variance, it was observed that the P-value is less than the established significance (P-value=0.0000< 0.05), which indicates that the treatments significantly influence the results obtained for the response variable (% germination).

To examine which measures of the treatments are significantly different from others, the Duncan's mean difference test was applied (Table 3).

Table 3 - Results of Duncan's multiple range analysis 

Treatments Cases average Homogeneous Groups
T1 4 30,0 A
T9 4 35,0 A
T8 4 44,0 B
T2 4 62,0 C
T4 4 76,0 D
T3 4 88,0 E

Averages with a common letter are not significantly different (p > 0,05)

It is only observed that T9 shows no difference with respect to T1 (control); the rest of the treatments show higher germination percentage values and with significant differences with respect to T1. It can therefore be said that scalding the seeds does not generate a significant difference in the percentage of germination with respect to seeds that have not been treated; although statistically T8 is different from T1, its value is lower than treatments based on cold water immersion. The Figure 1 shows the growth curves obtained for each of the treatments (Figure 1).

Fig. 1 - Germination curves of E. precatoria seeds as a function of treatments 

It is observed that the seeds treated with T3 and T4 began to germinate in a shorter time, compared to the others, being T1 where a longer period of time was obtained without observing any germination. This corroborates the effectiveness of pre-germination treatments, since even T9, which had no statistical difference with T1, allows the seeds to start germinating in a shorter time.

The trends observed in the germination curves show a typical expected behavior, compared with those obtained by other authors such as Rodríguez, Adam and Duran, (2008) in their work on germination and seed viability. Likewise, Torres-Osorio, Aranzazu-Osorio and Carbonell-Padrino, (2015) show germination curves of soybeans, which also behave in a similar way to what has been observed in the present research.

The Table 4 shows the result of the calculation of the different parameters established for the investigation, according to the type of pre-germination treatment applied.

Table 4 - Parameters calculated for seeds according to the treatments applied 

Treatments TMG (days) UG (days) VG (%)
T1 83,7 8,5 0,36
T2 65,5 14,1 0,98
T3 60,9 14,0 1,51
T4 60,4 12,7 1,30
T8 66,2 16,3 0,70
T9 76,5 11,6 0,46

TMG: Average Germination Time; UG: Germination Uniformity; VG: Germination Value

The average germination time indicates the average time from the start of germination to the last seed germinated, plus the time of resistance to germination. It can be seen from table 4 that the T1 treatment has an average germination time of 83.7 days; during this time the germination percentage was between 15 and 17 %, this being the treatment with the highest TMG. The T3 and T4 treatments represented the shortest average germination time with 60.9 and 60.4 days respectively. In the case of T3, between 50 and 51 % of seeds germinated during this time, which represented the highest yield. From all this it can be said that the treatments T3 and T4 had lower average germination times and presented higher percentages of germination. This indicates that water accelerates the germination process, which is consistent with what has been obtained in other research (De Souza, Jacobi and De Aquino, 2007; León and Saldaña, 2011; De Souza et al., 2018; Villar, Marcelo and Baselly, 2018).

Germination Uniformity (GU) indicates how uniform the germination is in each of the treatments. This means that the T1 treatment had a value of 8.5 days, which indicates that in the range of 75.2 to 92.2 days (17 days) approximately 22 seeds germinated. This low percentage of germination in a short period of time indicates that 1 or 2 seeds germinated daily, for the reason that these seeds, at the time of the almacigado, did not have the appropriate moisture content. The value obtained for seeds that were immersed in water at room temperature for 72 hours (T3), was the treatment with the highest percentage of germination, of 14 days, which indicates that of the total of seeds germinated in this treatment 58 did it in a time interval of 46.9 to 74.9 days (28 days).

Also, T8 represented the treatment with the highest UG with 16.3. This means that, of 44 seeds that germinated with this treatment, 28 did so in a time interval of 49.9 to 82.5 days (32.6 days). It can be said then that, the seeds without any treatment (T1) present smaller range of time (17 days), compared with the other pre-germinative treatments, which present ranges of greater times; the T1 is the less uniform in its germination and presenting low percentage of germination and the T3 showed the greater uniformity in its germinative process. The results are consistent with the germination response observed by De Souza et al., (2007) and those of León and Saldaña (2011), where the previous hydration of the seeds generates a greater uniformity in germination. The uniformity and germination capacity of seeds pre-treated by immersion in water was also reported by Navarro et al., (2010), who reached conclusions consistent with those of the present research.

In relation to the results of the Germination Value (GV), which is an indication of the average quantity of seeds that germinated per day expressed as a percentage, it is observed that the seeds immersed in water at room temperature for 72 hours (T3) have a germination value of 1.51 %, higher than the germination values of the other treatments. This indicates that, for each day, 1,51 seeds germinate. Furthermore, this treatment applied to E. precatoria Mart. seeds improves the germination rate (germination value) per day, because the water softens the integument and endosperm of the hard seeds, as stated by Sánchez et al., (2005); Pérez et al., (2016) and González-Amaya et al., (2018).

The best pre-germination treatments of E. precatoria Mart. seeds were those of immersion in water at room temperature for 72, 120 and 24 hours. Likewise, these treatments were the ones with the longest average germination times, where those immersed for 72 and 120 hours stood out with 60.9 % and 60.4 % respectively. Similarly, the treatment by immersion in water at room temperature for 72 hours produced the most uniform germination, with a germination uniformity of 14.0 days and a higher germination value of 1.5 %.

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Received: November 20, 2019; Accepted: January 21, 2020

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