| Results from an experimental research on germination of Vriesa incurvata Gaudich. carried out in Rio da Onça State Park (Matinhos-PR- Brasil, October -December/2003) are presented. With the goal of producing seedlings of this species, the experiment was conducted in a natural environment under forest canopy on substrates of low cost and easy accessibility for rural producers, seeking to reproduce the situation and infrastructure available to coastal communities involved in the extraction of this species. We tested the following materials: pine bark, pine bark recalcitrant, coconut fiber and forest litter. The xaxim fiber was used as control group. The experiment was randomly delineated in 4 blocks with 5 treatments each, containing 25 seeds per... |
