The knowledge of the biology and of the ecology of weeds precede the elaboration of agronomic strategies for weed control, reducing the costs of the productive process. Certain plants, in addition to other biological characteristics of importance, have their germination capacity influenced by abiotic factors such as temperature and brightness. With the objective of evaluating the germinative response of Porophyllum ruderale seeds, in function of temperature and brightness, two experiments were carried out: in experiment 1, seeds of P. ruderale were put to germinate at three temperatures (20, 25 and 30ºC) in two substrates (among and on-paper); in the second experiment, the effect of the light was evaluated in the germination of P. ruderale seeds. The influence of white light, red wavelength, extreme red and light absence were evaluated. Greaterer germination was obtained at temperatures of 25 and 30ºC. As the light influenced the germinative process it was verified that seeds of P. ruderale are sensitive to brightness, where the light absence provoked the drastic reduction in the germination of the seeds.
weed; physiological quality
