Abstract (en):
High concentrations of salts in the soil adversely affect the cultivation of Aloe vera, and since it has been shown that in other plants calcium helps counteract the effects of salinity, this paper presents results on effects of the radical application Ca2+ to A. vera plants subjected to salt stress, to check if calcium improves its adaptation to salinity. For this purpose, the fresh biomass, leaf volume, number of new leaves and number and root length was measured. All variables were diminished by the application of NaCl; however, in general, supplementation with 10 mmol.m-3 CaCl2 100 mmol m-3 NaCl, had positive effects on these variables, increasing, in many cases those reduced by NaCl parameters, which is good news for successfully growing aloe in areas where there are problems with dissolved salts in the soil.
Abstract (es):
Las altas concentraciones de sales en el suelo afectan adversamente el cultivo de Aloe vera, y puesto que se
ha demostrado que en otras plantas el calcio ayuda a contrarrestar los efectos de la salinidad, en este trabajo
se indagó acerca de los efectos de la aplicación radical de Ca2+ en plantas de A. vera sometidas a estrés salino,
con la finalidad de comprobar si mejora su adaptación a la salinidad. A tal efecto, se midió la biomasa fresca,
volumen foliar, número de hojas nuevas y número y longitud radical. Todas las variables se vieron disminuidas
por la aplicación del NaCl; sin embargo, de manera general, la suplementación con 10 mmol m-3 CaCl2 a 100
mmol m-3 NaCl, tuvo efectos positivos sobre estas variables, aumentando, en muchos casos, los parámetros
disminuidos por NaCl, lo cual resulta propicio para el cultivo de sábila en zonas que presenten problemas de
altos contenidos de sales disueltas en el suelo.
Keywords:
Biomasa, Calcio, Crecimiento vegetativo, Estrés salino, Sábila (es)
Biomass, Calcium, Sabila, Salt stress, Vegetative growth (en)
Biomass, Calcium, Sabila, Salt stress, Vegetative growth (en)
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How to Cite
Pérez-Nasser, S. (2017). Effect of Ca2+ on some growth variables from Aloe vera grown on NaCl. Biota Colombiana, 18(1), 41–49. https://doi.org/10.21068/c2017.v18n01a3
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