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Vegetative propagation of brazilian peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi)

The research was carried out aiming to evaluate the best grafting procedure and period for grafting healing of Brazilian Peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi). Two experiments were set up at School of Agronomical Science (FCA) of São Paulo State University - UNESP - Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil, through the periods from December 16th, 2005 to January 30th, 2006 and from June 3rd to July 17th, 2006. The experimental design used was the randomized blocks with five treatments, three replications, and ten plants per plot. The treatments were: cleft grafting, splice grafting, whip grafting, normal T-budding, and inverted T-budding. The index of healing is different depending upon the time of the year which limited the period of scion harvest. The highest percentage of healing occurred in December, by cleft grafting (40%). In July there was no significant healing showing that December is the ideal epoch for grafting in Brazilian pepper tree. In general, the grafting was better than budding. There was a low index of healing on budding, when it was not null, and there were not presence of sprouts during the first 45 days. The highest percentage of plants with sprouts, in 45 days, was by the splice grafting procedure (92%).

cloning; grafting; budding; Anacardiaceae


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