“…The tendency to propagate vegetatively has also been hypothesized to positively correlate with increasing elevation in conjunction with decrease in temperature ( Billings and Mooney, 1968 ; Bliss, 1971 ). Cold treatment on cuttings is practiced in horticultural protocols to improve the rooting efficiency in difficult-to-root species ( Diaz et al., 1987 ). In cuttings, exposure to cold has been reported to promote and, in some cases, inhibit the formation of adventitious roots ( Brix, 1974 ; Gesto et al., 1981 ; Diaz et al., 1987 ; Garrido et al., 1996 , 1998 ; Kibbler et al., 2004 ; Brondani et al., 2012 ; Jeon and Kim, 2013 ; De Almeida et al., 2017 ).…”