Evaluación de biol de Mucilago de cacao en plántulas de cacao (Theobroma cacao L Nacional) en el sitio Latitud Cero finca ULEAM del cantón Pedernales.

Abstract

The project evaluates the effect of applying biol in different concentrations of cocoa mucilage, at the latitude 0 site of the Pedernales canton. The Hypothesis focuses on the ideology that mucilage biol, when applied to cocoa seedlings in the nursery, will promote more vigorous plant growth and development compared to a control group, due to its content of nutrients, natural phytohormones and bioactive compounds. . that stimulate the physiological processes of plants. However, more research is required to determine the optimal doses and the most appropriate application conditions for its development. To this end, a completely randomized block experiment was designed, with five treatments: control without biol and 1% biol, 2 %, 3% and 4%, of which the growth variables such as height, stem diameter, number of leaves and root length are evaluated. The results of this research revealed significant differences between at least two treatments in leaf height and length, but not in stem diameter. Regarding leaf length, at 30 and 60 days T3 and T4 presented the lowest values (8.60, 14.40 and 7.35, 13.40 units respectively), and T2 the highest (11.88 and 17.30 units). In contrast, stem diameter did not show significant differences between treatments either at 30 or 60 days.