Article ID: | iaor201111111 |
Volume: | 83 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 121 |
End Page Number: | 131 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2011 |
Journal: | Agroforestry Systems |
Authors: | Fontan I, Reis G, F. Reis G, Leite G, Monte A, Ramos C, Souza C |
Keywords: | statistics: distributions, yield management |
This study aimed to identify pruning intensity and frequency that can be applied to eucalypt without imposing growth reduction, in an agroforestry system in Brazil (17°36′ S and 46°42’ W). Pruning treatments included removal of 0, 1/4 and 1/3 of the live crown height (LCH) with or without the removal of some thick branches above this height (TBA), in three or four lifts, which started at 9 months. There was no effect of pruning on tree height. Diameter (