Moisture content and temperature of storage in peach palm seed conservation

ABSTRACT: The peach palm (Bactrisgasipaes) is an important alternative for heart-of-palm extraction, showing precocity, rusticity and high tillering. seeds of this species are considered recalcitrant making storage long periods production seedlings difficulty. This identified a combination moisture content temperature during longer seed longevity. Seeds with 35% 45% (wet basis - wb) were at 20 °C 25 ºC 180 days. evaluations carried out every 60 days by the germination test, emergence in sand, shoot length, diameter stem, dry matter, root matter content. It was observed that wb showed better performance storage. provides higher quality maintenance. Peach maintain their viability 120 when stored ºC.