Effect of oilseed seeds from agroecological and conventional systems

Abstract

The use of creole or agroecological seeds is 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.