EFFECTS OF HARVESTING ON LEAF PRODUCTION AND REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF Copernicia prunifera (Mill.) H.E. Moore1

ABSTRACT This work aimed to evaluate the consequences of the monthly extraction of immature leaves in survival, leaf production and reproductive performance ofCopernicia prunifera H. E. Moore palm, popularly known as carnaúba. One hundred sixty reproductive adult palms were monitored for 17 months i...

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Main Authors: Irlaine Rodrigues Vieira, Jefferson Soares de Oliveira, Maria Iracema Bezerra Loiola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade de Investigações Florestais 2016-02-01
Series:Revista Árvore
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-67622016000100117&lng=en&tlng=en