Litter under Potential Eucalypts Genotype Stands in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

The objective of the study was to quantify the litter in different genotypes of eucalypts stands at 49-months-old, located in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Areas of 720 m² were demarcated for each genotype. In each area, 15 samples were randomly collected. The litter ranged from 4.51 to 10.77 Mg ha-1, highlighting the E. dunnii and the hybrid of E. urophylla x E. globulus with the lowest and largest accumulation, respectively. The leaves corresponded, on average, between 48.56% and 73.03% of the total litter. The differentiation between the genotypes occurred as to the accumulated litter.