It was studied the influence of three environment conditions on storage capacity of sweet passion-fruit (Passiflora alata Dryander) seeds: not controled ambient (in paper bags), dry chamber ( in paper bags) and cold chamber (in plastic bags). It was evaluated water contents and germination percentage, abnormal seedlings, dormancy and died seeds, during six months and after one year. Germination has no difference among conservation ambients during the initial six months of storage. After twelve months, however, seeds with humidity close to 10% and aconditioned in plastic bags, showed better conservation, when maintained at 10 º C.
Passiflora alata; passion-fruit; seeds; germination; storage
