Star fruit seedling production is one of the drawbacks to the commercial expansion due to the length of time it takes for their formation and production. An alternative would be the improvement of vegetative propagation methods studing the processes and factors concerned with rooting of cuttings. This paper was carried out with the objective to study rooting of top and base star fruit cuttings, treated with Indol Butyric Acid (IBA) concentrations under intermittent mist. Top and base cuttings of star fruit 'B-10' were submitted to five concentrations of IBA (0, 1000, 3000, 5000, and 7000 mg.L-1), for 10 seconds, to verify survival and rooting capacity, and medium root number per cuttings. Later the cuttings were placed in wooden boxes containing vermiculite as substrate and maintained in greenhouse under intermittent mist for 70 days. The experimental design was completely randomized, with the factorial 2 x 5, with 4 replications and 10 cuttings each plot. Top cuttings obtained better results for survival percentage (49.26%), rooting percentage (34. 84%), and medium root number per cuttings (20.51), than base cuttings. None of variables analyzed here were affected by the use of IBA.
vegetative propagation; growth regulator
