Multiplication of Feijoa sellowiana through softwood cuttings

Authors

  • Otoniel Ribeiro Duarte "Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Embrapa Roraima.
  • José Carlos Fachinello
  • Benedito Gomes dos Santos Filho "Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Ministério de Educação, Coordenadoria de Pós Graduação.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1992.v27.3676

Keywords:

indolbutyric acid, vegetative propagation, rooting

Abstract

Softwood cuttings of feijoa (Feijoa sellowiana Berg.) having 12 cm length, 5 to 7 mm diameter and two leaves were treated with indolbutyric acid (IBA), in different concentrations: zero, 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000 and 5,000 ppm by the rapidly immersing method at the base and stored under intermittent moist conditions, in substratum of washed sand for 67 days (March-May) and 74 days (December-February) after having received the treatment. Although there had not been significant differences between the concentrations of IBA, the treatment with 5,000 ppm gave a greater number of rooting cuttings: 31,66% (season I), 21,66% (season II) and greater numbers of roots for cuttings: 17 (season I) and 16 (season II), presenting a stronger root system, with greater and better formed roots.

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Published

1992-03-01

How to Cite

Duarte, O. R., Fachinello, J. C., & Filho, B. G. dos S. (1992). Multiplication of <i>Feijoa sellowiana</i> through softwood cuttings. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, 27(3), 513–516. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1992.v27.3676

Issue

v.27, n.3, mar. 1992

Section

POMOLOGY