Colección de estudio y conservación de especies vegetales con interés medicinal, caso de estudio Bixaceae

Abstract

Abstract:The research “Colección, estudio y conservación de especies vegetales con interés medicinal, caso de estudio Bixaceae” sought to improve production technologies in pregerminative treatments of the species Bixa orellana. Under this context, 18 treatments were evaluated: GA in 100 ppm, 6 different fungal morphotypes, benomyl 1 g, NaClO concentration at 3, 4 and 5 %, cooling periods for 72 hours at 4 °C and water immersions at 90, 50 °C and room temperature in three variations of time: On 1st, 3rd and 5th months of storage of annatto seeds of the Zamora punta de lanza variety, under in vitro conditions. The highest germination rates were observed at 1st moth of storage in the control treatment with 73%. It was found that as the storage time of the seeds increases, the germination decreases gradually, contrasted in the results on months 3rd and 5th later that showed 37% and 30% of germination.