Mini-tunnel and season influence in clonal garden on the production of clonal seedlings for two subtropical clones: Eucalyptus saligna and Corymbia torelliana × Corymbia citriodora

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Mini-tunnel and season influence in clonal garden on the production of clonal seedlings for two subtropical clones: Eucalyptus saligna and Corymbia torelliana × Corymbia citriodora

Claudia Costella⁽¹⁾ , Maristela Machado Araujo⁽¹⁾, Suelen Carpenedo Aimi⁽¹⁾, Álvaro Luis Pasquetti Berghetti⁽²⁾, Adriana Maria Griebeler⁽³⁾, Marllos Santos De Lima⁽⁴⁾, asparin Ezequiel ⁽¹⁾, Osmarino Pires Dos Santos⁽⁴⁾, Brígida Maria Dos Reis Teixeira Valente⁽⁵⁾

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, Volume 18, Issue 3, Pages 154-162 (2025)
doi: https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor4460-018
Published: Jun 09, 2025 - Copyright © 2025 SISEF

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Improving technologies for clonal seedling production is essential due to the expansion of forestry production areas. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of managing mini-tunnels in a clonal mini-garden on the productivity and physiological quality of mini-stumps, as well as on the survival and rooting of mini-cuttings of Eucalyptus and Corymbia clones throughout the four seasons. For this purpose, the experiments were conducted in two phases: in the first phase, the clonal mini-garden phase, two clonal mini-gardens were established, one with a mini-tunnel and the other without. Each mini-garden contained mini-stumps of Eucalyptus saligna and hybrid clones of Corymbia torelliana × Corymbia citriodora. During this phase, environmental variables (temperature and relative humidity) were monitored in the cultivation environments (a mini-garden with and without a mini-tunnel), along with productivity and hydrogen peroxide concentration. In the second phase, in the rooting house, survival (%) and rooting (%) were evaluated. The use of mini-tunnels increased environmental variables near the mini-stumps throughout all four seasons. The presence of the mini-tunnel promoted an increase in mini-stump productivity for both genetic materials throughout the year and positively influenced the survival and rooting of mini-cuttings, demonstrating the effectiveness of the structure in mini-stump preconditioning, especially during seasons with lower temperatures. Therefore, the use of mini-tunnels in the clonal mini-garden during autumn and winter is recommended to increase the production of Eucalyptus saligna and Corymbia torelliana × Corymbia citriodora seedlings.

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Minicuttings, Cuttings Pre-conditioning, Vegetative Propagation, Rooting, Climatic Conditions

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(1)

0000-0003-2445-3015
0000-0003-3751-8754
0000-0002-2502-6325
0000-0001-6362-2964
Department of Forest Sciences, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

(2)

0000-0001-8020-3200
Department of Forest Sciences, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná (Brazil)

(3)

0000-0002-9891-5959
Federal Rural University of the Amazon, Capitão Poço, Pará (Brazil)

(4)

0000-0003-2009-9696
0000-0003-3036-8861
CMPC - Celulose Riograndense, Guaíba, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

(5)

0000-0003-0439-7060
Eldorado Brasil Celulose S.A., Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil)

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Claudia Costella
claudiacostella@hotmail.com

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Costella C, Araujo MM, Aimi SC, Berghetti ÁLP, Griebeler AM, De Lima MS, E, Dos Santos OP, Valente BMDRT (2025). Mini-tunnel and season influence in clonal garden on the production of clonal seedlings for two subtropical clones: Eucalyptus saligna and Corymbia torelliana × Corymbia citriodora. iForest 18: 154-162. - doi: 10.3832/ifor4460-018

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Pierluigi Paris

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Received: Aug 25, 2023
Accepted: Feb 12, 2025

First online: Jun 09, 2025
Publication Date: Jun 30, 2025
Publication Time: 3.90 months

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