Phytotherapic plants: use of indobutric acid (aib) in the rooting of Piper callosum Ruiz & Pav. and Commiphora myrrha (Nees) Engl.

Abstract

Historically phytotherapic plants have great cultural importance, Piper callosum (elixir paregórico)
and Commiphora myrrha (mirra) are among them. The objective of this paper was to
evaluate the effect of indolebutyric acid (IBA) on the rooting of woody cuttings of Piper callosumand
Commiphora myrrha under different concentrations of IBA. The cuttings were collected
from existing plants in the area of Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, were treated with AIB at doses
of 0, 50, 100, 150, 200mg L-1. The evaluation was at 15 and 30 days, for the following parameters:
rooting percentage, number of roots and length of the largest root. The stakes in the first
evaluation at 15 days did not present any response to the parameters of interest. In the 30 day
evaluation was found that most of the cuttings were dead. Under the conditions in which the
present work was conducted, it is not possible to make more precise inferences, new experiments
will be necessary.