Landraces seeds: A study from the identification of the physiological quality of common bean

Abstract

Landraces seeds are important inputs for family farming as they represent, above all, the peasant force in the face of genetically modified plant species. In Alagoas, there is a great movement of peasant communities in the struggle for improvements regarding the cultivation and maintenance of Landraces seeds in the most diverse territories. Evidencing this struggle, and its importance, is fundamental. This study, in addition to aiming to bring to light the relevance of the theme for Alagoas peasant families, presents a diagnosis about the physiological quality of common bean Landraces seeds produced and stored in a seed bank in the Middle Sertão of the state. Bibliographic research was used for theoretical basis and germination and vigor tests were carried out to evaluate the quality of the seeds studied. The data were submitted to a statistical test to evaluate the results obtained. The seeds studied showed low levels of germination and vigor.