The need for asexual propagation techniques recommended for commercial seedlings production, limits the commercial expansion of yellow mombin tree. Therefore, an experiment was set at the Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária da Paraíba - EMEPA with the aim of evaluating the best method of grafting for yellow mombin tree. It was used the randomized block design with four replications in a split-plot in time scheme, standing in the plots the methods of grafting (cleft grafting, splice grafting, and side-veneer grafting), and in the sub-plots the periods of evaluation (8 periods). Each experimental unit consisted of 12 plants. The assessments of growth, sprout length of the graft (cm), diameter of the shooting of graft (mm), and number of shoots per graft were carried out each fifteen days from the setting of the assay. The percentage of grafting success was determined at 120 days after grafting. The data were analyzed and interpreted using analysis of variance. The highest percentages of grafting success for the yellow mombin tree were verified for the methods of splice grafting and side-veneer grafting. The growth of the grafts was more vigorous in the splice grafting.
Spondias mombin L.; asexual propagation; cleft grafting; splice grafting; side-veneer grafting
