The aim of this study was verify the influence of the temperature and water stress in the seeds germination and seedling formation in Amburana acreana. Two assays had been carried through. In the first one, the seeds had been placed to germinate in the temperatures of 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40°C. In the second, the seeds were placed to germinate in paper towel moistened with solutions of polietilenoglicol 6000 in the following osmotic potentials: zero, -0.2, -0.4, -0.8, -1.0 and -1.2MPa, in 30°C. The germination of the seeds and normal seedling was evaluated during 30 days, in the five replications of 20 seeds, and was considered germinated when the seeds have primary root with at least five millimeters of length and positive geotropic curve. The better results, in the first assay, were found between 30 and 35°C, with higher germination and normal seedling percentage and also those were the treatments where the germination process occurred in lesser average time. In the second assay, the percentage of germinated seeds reduced with the availability of water in the substrate at -0.4MPa and was zero at -1.0 and -1.2MPa. Seedling was reduced at -0.2MPa and was completely inhibited at -0.4 and -0.8MPa. From this study we recommend the temperature of 30°C for germination test because offer better conditions to the germination process with better percentage of seedling than the other temperatures. It was concluded that the reduction of the availability of water reduces the germination and seedling process and the limits for germination occur between zero and -1.0MPa and for seedling process between zero and -0.4MPa.
Torresia acreana; Fabaceae; viability; water stress; forest species
