This study aimed to evaluate the effect of different storage conditions and periods and different imbibition times in anise seed germination. Seeds were stored for 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 months at room (22 ± 2ºC) and controlled (10ºC) temperatures and then subjected to five imbibition times (0, 12, 24, and 36 h). Germination tests were carried out in a germination chamber at 25ºC with photoperiod of 8 h light:16 h dark. The experimental design was completely randomized using split plot with 4 replicates of 100 seeds. Germination percentage was higher in seeds stored at controlled temperature than in those stored at room temperature. Seeds stored at 10ºC kept a germination percentage of 57.8% for up to five months, whereas those at uncontrolled temperature kept 67.0% for one month. Increasing imbibition periods negatively affected anise seed germination percentage.
Conservation; deterioration; seed quality
