SUBSTÂNCIAS PROMOTORAS DE ENRAIZAMENTO EM ESTACAS DE HORTELÃ (Mentha X Piperita L.) E TOMILHO (Thymus vulgaris L.)

Abstract

Thyme and mint are species used in
cookery as well as in the pharmaceutical
industry for its medicinal properties.
Moreover, for the successful cultivation of
these plants is necessary the production of
high quality seedlings, which might be
obtained from seeds or vegetative
production. The last one technique has been
adopted through vegetative production by
cuttings, which allows the production of
plants with the same characteristics as the
parent plants. However, this technique is
influence by cutting type, degree of ease on
rooting of species and increase rooting.
Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the effects
of IBA, indole acetic acid, sedge extract,
algae extract applied via substrate and algae
extract applied via dipping cuttings in the
rooting of apical and basal cuttings of mint
and thyme. For the mint was not verified
effect of the application of the products
studied on rooting and root production
stakes. Apical cuttings promoted greater mint
rooting. For rooting cuttings thyme, there was
a significant interaction between treatments
and types of cuttings, since the application of
seaweed extract via substrate, increased the
rooting basal cuttings compared to the
control.