Germination and fungi incidence in tests with Brachiaria brizantha Stapf. seeds

Abstract

The present research was carried out to evaluate the effects of sulphuric acid scarification and fungicide (thiabendazol, captan, thiram and iprodione + thiram) applications on germination tests of B. brizantha and on mycroflora development associated with those tests. In germination tests mycroflora were identified and evaluated on the 10th and the 21st day; at the same time blotter tests were carried out to study the microflora. Interpretations of the results showed that sulphuric acid scarification did not increase significantly the germination but checked fungi development and showed less efficiency than fungicides. Among these the mixture of iprodione and thiram provided the best results. The following fungi were identified: Alternaria tenuis, Aspergülus spp., Cladosporium sp., Curvularia sp., Drechslera spp., Epicoccum sp., Fusarium sp., Neurospora monilia, Penicillium sp., Phoma sp., Rhizopus sp., Trichothecium sp. e Trichoconiella padwikii.