The objective of this work to determine effective treatment for breaking dormancy of seeds of Ocotea puberula, check the behavior of the seed during drying and storage and evaluate the appropriate method for detecting pathogens, asepsis, seeds prior to detection of pathogens and genera of fungi which infest seeds of this species. The seeds were collected in five counties of the State of Santa Catarina (Fraiburgo Joaçaba, Curitibanos, Ponte Alta and Brunópolis), and each collection site was considered a lot. To break dormancy were tested four treatments: 1- control, 2- seeds without tegument; 3- sulfuric acid for 5 minutes and 4- drying the seeds at 25 °C for 12 hours. After performing the tests break dormancy, seeds were subjected to germin...