The Performance of Capsicum Seed Germination in Different Micronutrient-treated Substrates
Hipolyana Simone de Oliveira *
Laboratory Propagation Laboratory, CECA / UFAL, BR-104 - Allotment Vila Rica, City Rio Largo - State AL, Zip / Postal Code 57100-000 Brazil
Davi Alves Pereira Júnior
Laboratory Propagation Laboratory, CECA / UFAL, BR-104 - Allotment Vila Rica, City Rio Largo - State AL, Zip / Postal Code 57100-000 Brazil
Lívia Francyne Gomes Chaves
Laboratory Propagation Laboratory, CECA / UFAL, BR-104 - Allotment Vila Rica, City Rio Largo - State AL, Zip / Postal Code 57100-000 Brazil
Maria Inajal Rodrigues da Silva das Neve
Laboratory Propagation Laboratory, CECA / UFAL, BR-104 - Allotment Vila Rica, City Rio Largo - State AL, Zip / Postal Code 57100-000 Brazil
João Luciano de Andrade Melo Junior
Laboratory Propagation Laboratory, CECA / UFAL, BR-104 - Allotment Vila Rica, City Rio Largo - State AL, Zip / Postal Code 57100-000 Brazil
Luan Danilo Ferreira de Andrade Melo
Laboratory Propagation Laboratory, CECA / UFAL, BR-104 - Allotment Vila Rica, City Rio Largo - State AL, Zip / Postal Code 57100-000 Brazil
Karolyne Priscila Oliveira dos Santos
Laboratory Propagation Laboratory, CECA / UFAL, BR-104 - Allotment Vila Rica, City Rio Largo - State AL, Zip / Postal Code 57100-000 Brazil
Vinicius Santos Gomes da Silva
Laboratory Propagation Laboratory, CECA / UFAL, BR-104 - Allotment Vila Rica, City Rio Largo - State AL, Zip / Postal Code 57100-000 Brazil
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The use of chilli pepper (Capsicum frutescens) in cooking is common; however, the increase in the use of family farming also as a defensive has led to an increase in the cultivation of this condiment in both the northern and southern coastal regions of Alagoas. In the latter, the cultivation by the small producers is so intense that the local cooperative has embraced the initiative and assumed the responsibility of transferring all the production of such raw material to a processing plant located in the neighbouring state. With such influence and increased production, he began to perceive some seed issues that could hinder his production in the field, such as fungus susceptibility and lack of some essential micronutrients, due to nutrient poverty on the Alagoan coast. Due to this observation, the commercialization companies already treat the seeds with fungicides; however, the lack of nutrition still needs to be overcome. An alternative is treatment of the substrate with micronutrients, which in this study has proven effective in meeting such a need.
Keywords: Chilli pepper, micronutrients in seeds, seed treatment, zinc