Evaluación de la eficiencia de enraizadores sintéticos y naturales sobre esquejes de guayusa (Ilex guayusa) var. Limoncocha, en vivero en la provincia de Zamora Chinchipe

Abstract

Abstract: In the Ecuadorian Amazon, there is a great diversity of plants, with beneficial and curative properties that also have economic and ecological value, as the case of Ilex guayusa, which has forged an interest in their production. To obtain a more efficient and productive asexual propagation of this species, a test was carried out on the Guayusa variety "Limoncocha", applying treatments in the propagation phase (nursery garden). During 120 days it was applied twice a week by irrigation, rooting of natural and synthetic origin. Of synthetic origin, 0.02% naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), indole butyric acid 3.92% (IBA) were applied and of natural origin, 6% coconut water, and 30% willow extract were applied, a witness nursery garden was also carried out in simulation to the conventional one. The highest percentage of activation, root, foliar and economic development was obtained with IBA and NAA, followed by coconut water and willow extract, therefore, in this case, the synthetic treatments generated the greatest benefit in this phase of the nursery garden.