Effect of cutting height on the branching and yield of willow crop in the Southern plateau of Santa Catarina, Brazil

DOI: 10.52945/rac.v22i3.833
Published 2009-12-21

Authors

  • Tássio Dresch Rech
    Epagri/Estação Experimental de Lages
  • Flávio Zanette
    UFPR/Setor de Ciências Agrárias
  • Dieter Brandes
    Epagri/Estação Experimental de Lages
  • Mari I. Carissimi Boff
    Udesc/Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias
  • Luiz Gustavo Willes Della Mea
    Udesc/Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias

Abstract

The most common and unwanted defect in the production of wicker is the ramification of the branches, as
it increases the lack of uniformity in diameter, increases of thickness, and promotes the loss of flexibility of wicker. It
also leaves marks when removed after harvest. The present research analyzed the effect of the branch cutting height
beside the insert point, over the second bud or over the fourth bud, with or without the deletion of the weak ones, on branching formation and yield. This was evaluated under field conditions in Bocaina do Sul, SC, Brazil, from 2003 to
2005. The cutting height of branches had no effect on either yield or branching.

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Keywords

  • Salix x rubens
  • poda
  • morfogênese.