PRODUCTION OF ACEROLA SEEDLINGS (Malpighia emarginata D.C) BY THE GRAFTING METHOD FOR FULL SLOTTED TOP

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Fruit cultivation has a high income multiplier effect and, therefore, with enough force to boost economies. The acerola has been gaining space in the fruit growing, with the increasing demand makes necessary to obtain plants that start the production in a shorter time, being able to be reached with vigorous seedlings production. Grafting is the process that joins two plants, one contributing to the root system, called rootstock, and another contributing to the aerial part of fundamental importance for obtaining vigorous seedlings. The objective of this work was to evaluate the efficiency of the grafting propagation method in the slotted top, in acerola seedlings under greenhouse conditions. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse at the Faculty of Agrarian Sciences of Marabá, unit II, Federal University of Southern and Southeastern of Pará, being 205 acerola seedlings, without distinction of species, submitted to the process of grafting by grafting in a full slot. Grafting by grafting at the top in a full slot is indicated for use in the propagation of acerola. The time for the seedlings to be able to go to the field was 12 months, with good conditions such as height and diameter. KEYWORDS: Fruticulture, Propagation, Technology.