GERMINATION OF SOYBEAN BR-13 AND PARANA - EFFECT ON THE MINERALS CONSTITUENTS

The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of germination o n the minerals constituents (calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium , copper, iron, manganese and zinc) of soybean. For the assays the soy bean cultivars -Glycine max (L) Merril-BR-13 and Parana were used. The se were germinated in camera of germination at 25 degrees C and 100% o f moisture, from 0 to 72 hours, collecting the samples in intervals of 6 hours. The analysis of variance and comparison among the means indi cated that the minerals constituents remained constant up to 72, hours of germination.