Physiological quality of vegetable seeds coming agroecological and conventional production systems

Abstract

The production of agro-ecological vegetables is linked, among other factores with the propagating
Material quality. The objective of this work was to investigate the physiological potential
of vegetable seeds from the agroecological and conventional production systems, comparing
them. The research was conducted at the Official Seed Analylis Laboratory of Embrapa Clima
Temperado. The seeds germination data of lettuce, squash, coriander, broccoli, beans, melon
and moraine, analyzed in the years 2014, 2015 and 2017, were obtained in the seed analysis
bulletins. The conventional system seeds, melon, moranga, cabbage broccoli and lettuce from
the agroecological system were prominet for the cultivation of beans. For pumpkin and coriander
seeds, there was no difference between the systems. On average, the seeds produced in
the agroecological system, presents the minimum standards of physiological quality required
for the commercialization of vegetable seeds in Brazil.