CUTTING ABILITY AND GROWTH OF THREE COVER CROPS [ ARACHIS PINTOI (L.) KRAPOV & W.C. GREG. ARACHIS REPENS (L.) HANDRO DESMODIUMADSCENDENS (SW.) DC.] IN NURSERY

In the search for alternative practices to excessive use of herbicides control weediness, strategies based on domestication and multiplication cover crops are more explored. The propagation by cuttingof these plants have been subject numerous studies because unavailability andcost-prohibitive their seeds. aim this study was compare growthandcuttingabilityofA. repens, A. pintoï D.adscendens. These were propagated cutting in coir put raised bamboo clays with shade, greenhouse. For each specie, parameters vegetative recovery growth assessed. results reported that abilities most important toA. (89.35%) repens (86.39%). However, plant better D. adscendens, a vigour index than double ofboth theother species. obtained show three crop species relatively easy propagate nursery.D. adscendens potentially usable large scaleas cropstocontrol weeds agricultural parcels.