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bags, labeled and with appropriate moisture. Scions were prepared and grafting was
finally done in the following days into 2-year-old rootstocks of the same species.
The grafting is wedge type using the apical bud, cutting a small grafted branch
15–20 cm long with at least three buds.
Besides the grafting technique, other kinds of agamic propagation were reported
for the genus Handroanthus. Oliveira et al. (2015 and 2016) analyzed the management of a multiclonal minigarden of H. heptaphyllus to optimize the production of
cuttings and found that 5-cm-long mini-cuttings extracted in spring from the middle
part of the shoot rooted quite well without application of auxin, with a successful
Fig. 16.5 (a) Stockyard at a sawmill; (b) Selection of the best trees in the field; (c) Ruling out
individuals with wood diseases; (d) Search in the field of individuals selected in the sawmill; (e)
Collection of sexually mature branches for grafts; (f) Selection of twigs for nursery grafts
16 Peteribí (Cordia trichotoma), Lapacho Rosado (Handroanthus impetiginosus)...