Peletização de sementes florestais no Brasil: Uma atualização

Abstract

In Brazil, the studies with pelleting of seed of forest species are still scarce; the likely reasons are the high cost of this technique and the little use of direct seeding with forest species. Whereas forestry seeds show great variation in size, shape and weight to the different species, the use of the pelleting is presented as a promising alternative as way to standardize sizes and shapes, favoring its use in ecological restoration projects by improving of plantability and / or species for which it was developed a breeding work. The pelleted seeds has other advantages, as it allow the incorporation of several products that helping in proper development of molting, reducing production costs. Thus, there is a gain on the safety at work, it provides a reduction of dust and of inhalation (e.g. pesticides) by operators as well as the protection of the environment.