“…According to Cezana et al (2012), timber companies have sought logs of high quality and yield, which is achieved through investment in adequate management. Artificial pruning is one of the practices that assists in the production of high-quality, defect-free timber, by increasing its strength, durability, and beauty in eucalyptus plantations (Vale et al, 2002;Finger et al, 2001;Pires et al, 2002;Hoppe and Freddo, 2003;Polli et al, 2006). The efficiency of artificial pruning is dependent on the age of the plants, the clonal material, as well as area to area, some authors have reported artificial pruning from 20 to 70%, depending on the size of the plants and spacing between plants used (Ferraz Filho et al, 2016a;Ferraz Filho et al, 2016b;Cezana et al, 2012).…”