Comportamiento de acodos aéreos de mortiño (Vaccinium floribundum) como una alternativa de propagación vegetativa.

Abstract

The (Vaccinium floribundum) is a fruit species known as mortiño or mountain grape which is of great ecological and economic importance for Ecuador, and is one of the main ingredients for the preparation of the traditional dish known as "colada morada". This species is not normally cultivated, since it is not easy to propagate, hence the need for this research whose objective was to identify the behavior of aerial layering of mortiño (Vaccinium floribundum) under the effect of synthetic and natural growth promoters, in the search for alternatives for vegetative propagation. Three treatments were evaluated: Indulbutyric acid at 99.9% (IBA), aloe at 100% and a control without any growth promoter. At the end of the experimental process, three responses were found in the layering: no change, root generation and callus generation. The AIB and aloe vera treatment showed the best response for rooting and the AIB and the control for callus generation. The small differences between the control and the AIB and aloe vera do not allow a definitive conclusion as to which was the best treatment