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No. of bitstreams: 2 lorena_leao_jesus.pdf: 826450 bytes, checksum: 3a10a7ec4a4676a5ccb38e308ea778fb (MD5) license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (Capes) / Funda??o de Amparo ? Pesquisa do estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) / A cultura do gergelim, Sesamum indicum L., por possuir cerca de 50% de teor de ?leo em suas sementes, surge como uma alternativa para produ??o de biocombust?veis podendo competir com outras oleaginosas. No entanto, a utiliza??o de sementes de alta qualidade ? de fundamental import?ncia para o estabelecimento da cultura. Para a cultura do gergelim n?o existem metodologias adequadas para avalia??o da qualidade fisiol?gica de suas sementes. Objetivou-se com esta pesquisa adequar as metodologias dos testes de condutividade el?trica, envelhecimento acelerado, lixivia??o de pot?ssio e tetraz?lio para avalia??o da qualidade de sementes de gergelim. Foram testadas as metodologias do teste de condutividade el?trica utilizando embebi??o por 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 e 24 horas e combina??es n?mero de sementes/volume de ?gua deionizada (25/25 mL; 25/50 mL; 25/75 mL; 50/25 mL; 50/50 mL e 50/75 mL), para o teste de envelhecimento acelerado testou-se a metodologia tradicional com ?gua e com solu??o saturada de NaCl por 0, 24, 48, 72 e 96 horas, para o teste de lixivia??o de pot?ssio, embebi??o por 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 e 180 minutos, nas combina??es n?mero de sementes/volume de ?gua destilada (25/25 mL; 25/50 mL; 50/25 mL; 50/50 mL) e no teste de tetraz?lio foram testadas as concentra??es de 0,075%; 0,5% e 1,0% de solu??o de tetraz?lio a 25 ?C, por 3, 6, 8, 12, 18 e 24 horas. Concluiu-se que no teste de condutividade el?trica o per?odo de embebi??o de 4 horas e a combina??o de 25 sementes com 75 mL e 50 sementes com 75 mL ? eficiente para a distin??o da qualidade fisiol?gica de sementes de gergelim. Para o teste de envelhecimento acelerado o per?odo de envelhecimento de 48 horas pelo m?todo tradicional ou 72 horas e 96 horas com solu??o saturada de NaCl permite separar as cultivares de gergelim em diferentes n?veis de vigor. No teste de lixivia??o de pot?ssio a combina??o 25 sementes, 25 mL de ?gua e 60 minutos ou 90 minutos de embebi??o ? adequada para avalia??o do potencial fisiol?gico das sementes. A embebi??o das sementes sobre papel por 60 minutos, seguida de corte longitudinal e imers?o em solu??o de tetraz?lio na concentra??o de 0,075% por 12 horas e 1,0% por 3 horas ? eficiente na avalia??o da viabilidade das sementes de gergelim. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Produ??o Vegetal, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2014. / ABSTRACT The culture of, Sesamum indicum L., possess a circa of 50% content of oil within the seeds, surge as an alternative for the production of biofuels able to compete with other oilseeds. However, the utilization of high quality seeds is of fundamental importance for the establishment of cultivation. For the cultivation of sesame seeds, there exists no adapted methodologies for the evaluation of physical quality of the seeds. The objective of this study is to adapt a methodology to tests of electrical conductivity, accelerated aging, tetrazolium and potassium leachate to evaluate the quality of the seeds. The methodology of the electrical conductivity test were tested using imbibition for 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 hours and a number of combinations of seeds/volume in deionized water (25/25 mL; 25/50 mL; 25/75 mL; 50/25 mL; 50/50 mL e 50/75 mL), for the accelerated aging test tested the traditional methodology applied was with water and saturated solution NaCl for 0, 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours, for potassium leachate, imbibition for 30, 60, 90, 120 and 180 minutes with a number of combinations of seeds/volume in distilled water (25/25 mL; 25/50 mL; 50/25 mL and 50/50 mL) and tetrazolium test concentrations were 0.075%, 0.5% and 1.0% of the tetrazolium solution, at 25 ?C, for 3, 6, 8, 12, 18 and 24 hours. The conclusion of the electrical conductivity test demonstrate that the period of imbibition for 4 hours and the combination of 25 seeds with 75 mL of water and 50 seeds with 75 mL of water is efficient for the distinction of the physiological quality of the sesame seeds. For the test of accelerated aging, the period of aging for 48 hours by the traditional method or 72 hours and 96 hours with the saturated solution NaCl, permits the separation of the cultivars of sesame seeds in different levels of vigor. In the potassium leachate test, a combination of 25 seeds with 25 mL of water for 60 minutes or 90 minutes of imbibition is adequate for the evaluation of the physiological potential of the seeds. The imbibition of the seeds on paper for 60 minutes, following a longitudinal cut and immersion in the tetrazolium solution with a concentration of 0.075% for 12 hours and 1.0% for 3 hours is efficient in the evaluation of the viability of the sesame seeds.