This work aimed to evaluate the development of Peltophorum dubium by direct seeding on a succesively cropped field. Seeding was performed in rows of 1.5 m, three meters apart, on September 1977. To protect the seed-spots shelters, bottomless paper and plastic cups were used and wood slates were fixed on them. Seeds were mechanically scarified for 60 seconds. The variables evaluated were emergence, seedling survival, number of seed-spots with plants plant density at one year and plant height at the 18th month. Results at the 9th month showed that the seed-spot shelters contributed for plant establishment in 80% of the seed-spots and in more than 75% of them one year after seeding, when wood slates were used. Direct seeding is a viable alternative for this species which will allow the transformation of shrub areas into an agroforest or even silvipastural system in the near future.
Direct seeding; Peltophorum dubium; seed-spot shelters; shrub regeneration
