Development of imaging analysis procedures to evaluate physical, chemical and physiological properties of seeds and seedlings

• Grant number: 18/13139-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - eScience and Data Science Program - Regular Program Grants
• Start date: February 01, 2019
• End date: October 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Crop Science
• Principal Investigator: Francisco Guilhien Gomes Junior
• Grantee: Francisco Guilhien Gomes Junior
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Agide Gimenez Marassi ; Alberto Tannús ; Carlos Alberto Pérez ; Fernando Fernandes Paiva ; Hudson Wallace Pereira de Carvalho ; Julio Marcos Filho ; Silvio Moure Cicero
• Associated research grant(s): 24/11678-2 - XXII Brazilian Seed Congress, AR.BR
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/17967-8 - Soybean seed treatment with zinc: absorption and distribution during germination and seedling development evaluated by X-ray spectroscopy and relation with plant performance, BP.MS; 19/16107-5 - Software development to evaluate the vigor of corn, wheat, rice, melon, carrot and onion seeds, based on seedling growth, BP.TT

Abstract

Computer vision and non-destructive procedures are highly desirable for the evaluation of physical, chemical and metabolic characteristics of seeds and seedlings. In addition to providing speed and accuracy in obtaining results, evaluations can be performed on individual seeds and/or seedlings, which increases the efficiency to select higher physiological potential seeds. Among the techniques that need research attention and have great adoption by agencies linked to the seed production it must be emphasized: (i) the development of software to evaluate seed vigor and (ii) the improvement of non-invasive techniques capable of producing internal images of seeds and seedlings related to physical, chemical and metabolic characteristics to diagnose problems associated with loss of seed physiological potential. One of the most efficient methods for seed vigor evaluating is to determine the speed and uniformity of seedling growth, since it is directly related to the transformation capacity and supply of reserves of the storage tissues to embryonic axis. Seed vigor may also influence the efficiency of micronutrient utilization applied through seed treatment and the evaluation of the dynamics of absorption and assimilation of these elements by seeds and seedlings using non-destructive techniques are fundamental to understand the behavior of seed lots of high and low vigor. The proposals of this project are: (i) to develop specific software for vigor evaluation of corn, wheat, rice, melon, carrot and onion seeds, based on digitized seedling images, and (ii) to evaluate micronutrient uptake metabolism in soybean seeds and seedlings with different vigor levels by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and X-ray absorption (XAS) spectroscopy. In parallel, exploratory experiments will be carried out to optimize specific magnetic resonance protocols for in vivo evaluation of carbohydrate metabolism in soybean seedlings with different vigor levels. The knowledge generated in the project may increase the efficiency of the physiological potential evaluation of commercialized seeds, maximizing the economic return. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

LÍVIA ARAÚJO ROHR; FABIANO FRANÇA-SILVA; CAMILA GRAZIELE CORRÊA; HUDSON WALLACE PEREIRA DE CARVALHO; FRANCISCO GUILHIEN GOMES-JUNIOR. Soybean seeds treated with zinc evaluated by X-ray micro-fluorescence spectroscopy. Scientia Agricola, v. 80, 2022-09-12. (18/13139-0, 19/17967-8)

ROHR, LIVIA ARAUJO; FRANCA-SILVA, FABIANO; CORREA, CAMILA GRAZIELE; PEREIRA DE CARVALHO, HUDSON WALLACE; GOMES-JUNIOR, FRANCISCO GUILHIEN. Soybean seeds treated with zinc evaluated by X-ray micro-fluorescence spectroscopy. CIENTIA AGRICOL, v. 80, p. 11-pg., 2023-01-01. (18/13139-0, 19/17967-8)

CARLOS HENRIQUE QUEIROZ REGO; SILVIO MOURE CICERO; FABIANO FRANÇA SILVA; FRANCISCO GUILHIEN GOMES JUNIOR. Morphology and germination of Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. seeds. JOURNAL OF SEED SCIENCE, v. 45, 2023-04-14. (18/13139-0)

DE FREITAS, MARCELLA NUNES; NEVES DIAS, MARCOS ALTOMANI; GOMES-JUNIOR, FRANCISCO GUILHIEN; ABUD, HAYNNA FERNANDES; DE ARAUJO, LUCIO BORGES; DE MORAES, THIAGO FINOTTI. Discrimination of Urochloa seed genotypes through image analysis: Morphological features. AGRONOMY JOURNAL, v. 113, n. 6, OCT 2021. (15/24008-6, 18/13139-0)

JÚLIO CÉSAR ALTIZANI-JÚNIOR; SILVIO MOURE CICERO; RAFAEL MATEUS ALVES; FRANCISCO GUILHIEN GOMES-JUNIOR. Non-destructive assessment of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) seeds quality. JOURNAL OF SEED SCIENCE, v. 45, 2023-11-10. (18/13139-0)

FRANCA-SILVA, FABIANO; GOMES-JUNIOR, FRANCISCO GUILHIEN; REGO, CARLOS HENRIQUE QUEIROZ; MARASSI, AGIDE GIMENEZ; TANNUS, ALBERTO. Advances in imaging technologies for soybean seed analysis. JOURNAL OF SEED SCIENCE, v. 45, p. 16-pg., 2023-01-01. (18/03802-4, 15/24008-6, 18/13139-0)

GUSTAVO ROBERTO FONSECA DE OLIVEIRA; FELIPE KUHN LEÃO DE SALLES; THIAGO BARBOSA BATISTA; MARCIO SOUZA DA SILVA; SILVIO MOURE CICERO; FRANCISCO GUILHIEN GOMES-JUNIOR. Parâmetros morfológicos de processamento de imagens para caracterização da emergência da raiz primária na avaliação do vigor de sementes de tomate. JOURNAL OF SEED SCIENCE, v. 43, 2021-03-15. (15/24008-6, 18/13139-0)