Lipid and yield evaluation in salicornia bigelovii by the influence of chitosan-iba, in conditions of the sonora desert

Gerardo Zapata-Sifuentes, Pablo Preciado-Rangel, Reyna Roxana Guillén-Enríquez, Francisca Sánchez Bernal, Ramon Jaime Holguin-Peña, Carlos Borbón-Morales, Edgar Omar Rueda-Puente*

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Abstract

The present investigation aimed to evaluate the effect of Chitosan-Indole Butyric Acid (IBA) in the seed of Salicornia bigelovii under field conditions in Sonora, Mexico. During two vegetative cycles (2018/2019–2019/2020), cuttings of S. bigelovii were treated with 100 and 50% Chitosan from shrimp exoskeletons and indole butyric acid at 0.937 and 1.25 g·kg−1 and placed in basins under conditions of the Sonora desert, Mexico. Variables were measured: seed production, physicochemical analysis and lipid profile of the seed. The results affected significant increases (p < 0.05) in the evaluated variables, highlighting the treatment based on Chitosan 100%—IBA 0.937 g·kg−1 . The results based on chitosan and IBA in cuttings, are a biostimulant in the morpho-physiology, yield production, and lipid content of S. bigelovii. Large-scale studies as a production system should be considered in further studies.

Original languageEnglish
Article number428
JournalAgronomy
Volume11
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2021

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Keywords

  • Biostimulant
  • Cuttings
  • Fatty acids
  • Growth promoters
  • Halophytes
  • Seed

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