Abstract:The objective of this study was to describe morphometric characteristics of fruits and seeds and evaluate the viability and germination of seeds of Bertholletia excelsa stored on litterfall and under similar microenvironmental conditions to those found in their natural habitat, in a Cerrado-Amazon transition area, Brazil. The morphometric characterization consisted of measurements of diameters and latitudinal and longitudinal circumferences of fruits, exocarp and mesocarp thickness, fruit and seed weights per … Show more
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