Ensaio de espaçamento com Caroba - Jacaranda copaia (Aubl.) D. Don. Bignontaceae

Abstract

In 1980, an experiment with Caroba (Jacaranda copaia (Aubl.) Dan) was placed in the Experimental Sation of Tropical Silviculture at INPA, Manaus for testing three different plant spacing (2,0 x 3,0 m; 3,0 x 4,0 m and 4,5 x 4,0m). in 1989, the results showed that the estimate of total survival of plants, comercial hight and volume were higher at the smaller spacing (2,0 x 3,0 m), under this condition, plants showed the greatest volume of utile wood, in addition to the higher number of living trees (80%) with a comercial heigh average of 11,8 m and aritmetic DBH average of 22, 7 cm. Fifth year after planting, in 1985 it was observed that in all the experiment a significant number of trees showed a chlorotic canopy, with falling leaves, as a consequence, an increase of dead trees was obsrved, perhaps because of soite nutritional constraint the occurred in this experiment.