At an application frequency of twice a month, the highest numbers of shoots produced, in decreasing order, were for treatments at 6000 mg L-1 and 4000 mg L- 1 CCC; 10 and 20 mg L-1 paclobutrazol; 2000 mg L-1 CCC and 5 mg L-1 paclobutrazol. There were no statistical differences between treatments at doses of 5, 10 and 20 mg L-1 paclobutrazol and 2000 mg L-1 CCC.
On analyzing the two application frequencies for