The exotic Syzygium malacensis is a potential alternative for fruit growers due to its fruits characteristics. Using apical and sub apical leaved cuttings, this paper intended to study their vegetative propagation and the IBA influence over them for there are many seedless clones and genetic segregation. The work has been done in the experimental area of fruit growing of Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias -- UNESP, Jaboticabal Campus, São Paulo, within the period of October 1998 and march 1999, aiming to evaluate the rooting capability of apical and sub apical leaved cuttings, using different concentrations of indolbutiric acid IBA. The experimental delineation used was the one fully casual and the analysis suggested the factorial scheme 2 x 4 (2 types of cuttings and 4 IAB concentrations) with 4 repetitions and 10 cuttings per parcel, in a total of 320 cuttings. The IBA used concentrations were: 0, 100, 200 and 400 mg.L-1 and the cuttings were placed in slow immersion for 14 hours, in the dark. The analysis were made for: cuttings survival percentage, cuttings rooting percentage, average number per cutting, root average length, bud average length, bud average number per cuttings. According to the analysis, it can be inferred that the Syzygium malacensis can be produced through apical leaved cutting without the usage of IBA.
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