The growth regulators have been used as a practice to alter the mango phenologic cycle in order to forecast the harvest. With the aim to define doses and Paclobutrazol (PBZ) application forms, an experiment was carried out in Itaberaba, State of Bahia, Brazil. Two ways of application were tested, via soil and foliar, and two different paclobutrazol doses. It was found that PBZ via soil, promotes flowering in mango trees in any season of the year, under tropical semi-arid conditions, but its efficiency are related to the maximum and minimum air temperatures at the time of bud break. The results showed that PBZ is inefficient when applied via foliar.
Mangifera indica, L.; flowering; temperature; foliar and soil; application; paclobutrazol
