COMPRIMENTO DE ESTACAS NA PROPAGAÇÃO VEGETATIVA DE BAMBURRAL (Hyptis suaveolens (L.) POIT.)
2011
ANA CLÁUDIA DA SILVA | SANDRA SELY SILVEIRA MAIA | MARIA DE FÁTIMA BARBOSA COELHO | EMANOELA PEREIRA DE PAIVA | CLEYTON SAIALY DE MEDEIROS CUNHA
Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit.) (Lamiaceae) is a medicinal plant widely used in folk medicine in Northeast Brazil as a treatment for respiratory diseases, antispasmodic, sweat and useful in the treatment of gout. The aim of this study was to evaluate hereto the influence of different lengths of cuttings in rooting ofbamburral. The test was conducted for 30 days in the greenhouse of the Department of Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Semi-Arid (UFERSA). The experimental design was randomized blocks with four cutting lengths (5; 10; 15 and 20 cm) and four replications and 10 cuttings per plot. After 30 days of planting, characteristics were evaluated: percentage of survival, rooting percentage, longest root length, diameter and initial end of cutting, the dry mass of shoot and root. Conclude that the length of piles does not affect the rooting of bamburral.
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