Ultradilutions of Natrum muriaticum in the agronomic performance of cherry tomatoes submitted to saline stress
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5965/223811711842019412Keywords:
salinity, homeopathic preparations, homeostasis, Solanum lycopersiconAbstract
Considered an agricultural input by the Ministry of Agriculture and Supply, homeopathy has been increasingly used in agriculture, especially in plants. It is an important technology to be adopted to reverse a framework of saline stress, because since the current procedures are little known, have hight costs and resources are not renewable. The present study aims to evaluate the effect of the homeopathic preparation Natrum muriaticum (Nat-m) on agronomic performance and physiological parameters of cherry tomatoes submitted to saline stress. The statistical design was a completely randomized design with eight treatments and five replications. The treatments consisted in the application of Nat-m 3cH, 5cH, 7cH, 9cH, 11cH, 13cH and two controls: etanol 70% and distilled water. They were conducted in a greenhouse and the treatments were applied weekly. Satisfactory results were observed with the applications of Nat-m 11cH and 13cH, with a significant increase in the characteristics such as height, diameter of the lap, number of leaves, number of flowers per cluster, number of fruits, fresh fruit mass, as well as on the productivity of tomato plants. Lower averages of the proline content were obtained with the application of these homeopathic preparations, this response may be associated with the osmotic adjustment promoted by the use of ultradiluitions. Natrum muriaticum positively affected the vegetative and reproductive development of cherry tomato plants submitted to saline stress.
Downloads
References
AL-BUSAIDI A et al. 2009. Response of different tomato cultivars to diluted seawater salinity. Asian Journal of Crop Science 1: 77-86.
ALIAN A et al. 2000. Genotypic difference in salinity and water stress tolerance of fresh market tomato cultivars. Plant Science 152: 59-65.
ANDRADE FMC et al. 2001. Efeito de homeopatias no crescimento e na produção de cumarina em chambá (Justicia pectoralis Jacq.). Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais 4: 19-28.
AZIZ A et al. 1999. Salt stress-induced proline accumulation and changes in tyramine and polyamine levels are linked to ionic adjustment in tomato leaf discs. Plant Science 145: 83-91.
BAKER NR & ROSENQVIST E. 2004. Applications of chlorophyll fluorescence can improve crop production strategies: an examination of future possibilities. Journal of Experimental Botany 55: 1607-1621.
BARRS HD & WEATHERLEY PE. 1962. A re-examination of the Relative Turgidity Technique for estimating water deficits in leaves. Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 15: 413- 428.
BONATO CM et al. 2006. Homeopatia simples: alternativa para a agricultura familiar. 1.ed. Marechal Cândido Rondon: Líder. 32p.
BONFIM FPG. 2011. Altas diluições em vegetais submetidos a estresse: por alumínio, salino e hídrico. Tese (Doutorado em Fitotecnia). Viçosa: UFV. 54p.
BONFIM FPG et al. 2012. Germinacão e vigor de sementes de tomate (Lycopersicon esculentum, Mill) peletizadas com preparados homeopáticos de Natrum muriaticum, submetidas a estresse salino. Enciclopédia Biosfera 8: 625-633.
CARVALHO LM et al. 2004. Efeito da homeopatia na recuperação de plantas de artemísia [Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz-Bip] submetidas à deficiência hídrica. Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais 6: 20-27.
CASALI VWD et al. 2002. Pesquisa sobre homeopatia nas plantas. In: 3 Seminário Brasileiro Sobre Homeopatia na Agropecuária Orgânica. Resumos... Viçosa: UFV. p.16-25.
CASALI VWD et al. 2009. Acologia de altas diluições. Viçosa: UFV. 537p.
CAVALCANTE LF et al. 2002. Melhoria química e física de um solo salino sódico tratado com matéria orgânica e cultivado com leguminosas forrageiras. Revista Ciência Agrícola 6: 27-35.
CHANDRASHEKAR KR & SANDHYARANI S. 1996. Salinity induced chemical changes in Crotalaria striata dc. plants. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology 1: 44-48.
COSTA ES et al. 2003. Chlorophyll a fluorescence analysis in response to excitation irradiance lin bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris L. and Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) submitted to high temperature stress. Photosynthetica 41: 77-82.
COSTA JRM et al. 2001. Caracterização dos frutos de maracujá amarelo irrigados com água salina. Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental 5: 143-146.
DINIZ IA. 1995. Cultivo de feijão guandu (Cajanus cajan) em solo salinizado tratado com matéria orgânica e drenagem. Dissertação (Mestrado em Produção Vegetal). Areia: UFPB. 50p.
DOORENBOS J & KASSAM AH. 1994. Efeito da água no rendimento das culturas. Campina Grande: UFPB. 306p. (Estudos FAO: Irrigação e Drenagem, 33).
DOWNTON WJS. 1976. Photosynthesis in salt-stressed grapevines. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 4: 183-192.
HEUER B. 1994. Osmoregulatory role of proline in water and salt-stressed plants. In: PESSARAKLI M. (Ed.). Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress. New York: Marcel Dekker Inc. p.363–381.
LARCHER W. 2006. Ecofisiologia vegetal. São Carlos: RIMA. 530p.
LUDDERS P & GOLOMBEK SD. 1993. Effects of short-term salinity on leaf gas exchange of the fig (Ficus carica L.). Plant and Soil 148: 21-27.
MADAN S et al. 1995. Proline and proline metabolizing enzymes in in-vitro selected NaCl-tolerant Brassica juncea L. under salt stress. Annals of Botany 76: 51-57.
MAGÁN JJ et al. 2008. Effects of salinity on fruit yield and quality of tomato grown in soil-less culture in greenhouses in Mediterranean climatic conditions. Agricultural Water Management 95: 1041-1055.
MOURA GED et al. 2003. Efeito do NaCl sobre a multiplicação in vitro de bananeiras da variedade Grand naine. In: 5 Encontro nacional de biólogos. Resumos... Natal. p.74.
MUNNS R. 2002. Comparative physiology of salt and water stress. Plant, Cell and Environment 25: 239-250.
OLIVEIRA BC et al. 2007. Características produtivas do tomateiro submetido a diferentes níveis de sais, na água de irrigação. Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental 11: 11-16.
OLIVEIRA JG. 2005. Estresse luminoso: uma abordagem a partir de variáveis de fluorescência da clorofila a. In: NOGUEIRA RJMC et al. (Ed.). Estresses ambientais: danos e benefícios em plantas. Recife: UFRPE. p.182-191.
PRASAD TK et al. 1994. Evident for chilling-induced oxidative stress in maize seedlings and a regulatory role for hydrogen peroxide. The Plant Cell 6: 65-74.
PRIOR LD et al. 1992. Sodium chlorine and soil texture interactions in irrigated field growth sultana grapevines II. Plant mineral content, growth and physiology. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 43: 1051-1066.
RAJASEKARAN LR et al. 2000. Physiological mechanism of tolerance of Lycopersicon spp. exposed to salt stress. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 80: 151-159.
SANTA-CRUZ A et al. 1998. Polyamines as short-term salt tolerance traits in tomato. Plant Science 138: 9-16.
TÁVORA FJAF et al. 2001. Crescimento e relações hídricas em plantas de goiabeira submetidas a estresse salino com NaCl. Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura 23: 441-446.
THOMAS FM & GAUSLING T. 2000. Morphological and physiological responses of oak seedlings (Quercus petraea and Q. robur) to moderate drought. Annals of Forest Science 57: 325-333.
TORELLO WA & RICE LA. 1986. Effects of NaCl stress on proline and cation accumulation in salt sensitive and tolerant turfgrasses. Plant and Soil 93: 241- 247.
VIANA SBA et al. 2004. Índices morfofisiológicos e de produção de alface sob estresse salino. Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental 8: 23-30.
ZHU JK. 2001. Plant salt tolerance. Trends in Plant Science 6: 66-71.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2019 Revista de Ciências Agroveterinárias (Journal of Agroveterinary Sciences)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Authors publishing in this journal are in agreement with the following terms:
a) Authors maintain the copyrights and concede to the journal the copyright for the first publication, according to Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
b) Authors have the authority to assume additional contracts with the content of the manuscript.
c) Authors may supply and distribute the manuscript published by this journal.
