SHADING LEVELS AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR FOR FORMATION OF SCHIZOLOBIUM AMAZONICUM COMPACT SEEDLINGS

• Autor(a) principal: Binotti,Eliana D. C.
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Binotti,Flávio F. da S., Lucheti,Bruna Z., Costa,Edilson, Pinto,Adriana H.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Engenharia Agrícola
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69162019000500586
• topic: protected cultivation; plant environment; high-quality seedlings; plant growth reducer; Schizolobium amazonicum

ABSTRACT Paricá (Schizolobium amazonicum) can be used for rehabilitation of degraded lands, timber manufacturing markets. However, for its planting, high-quality seedlings should be used. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of different types of paclobutrazol (PBZ) application and two shading levels on high-quality seedling production. As there was no replication of cultivation environments, we considered each one of them as an experiment. For each environment (35 and 50% shading screen), a completely randomized design was adopted, testing combinations of two types of PBZ application (direct seed immersion in 0.005% PBZ solution; substrate hydration with 0.005% PBZ solution; and 50% seed hydration and 50% substrate hydration; plus, a control), with five replications and five seedlings per plot. The environments were evaluated by analysis of groups of experiments. Seedling growth was evaluated. Under 50% shading, Paricá seedlings had better growth conditions. Application of 100% PBZ in substrate provided compact seedlings with larger dry root phytomass, besides being more practical.