Propagación in situ y seguimiento al desarrollo inicial de la especie nativa Aulonemia queko (Duda) en el bosque Molleturo, provincia del Azuay

Abstract

Aulonemia queko is a species of bamboo that is important in the social, economic, and cultural spheres, since it´s used as raw material for basketry, making musical instruments, feeding animals, and building houses. In addition, this species can be useful as a potential substitute for plastic replacement, especially in the use of covers, which represent 13% of the world's waste. Under this background, the objective of this research proposal is to propagate in situ and follow up on the initial development of the native species "Duda" in the Molleturo forest, Azuay province. In this study, a completely randomized design (DCA) were used with a 3a x 2b factorial arrangement for rhizomes and segments of culms with branches, having six treatments and three repetitions made up of 18 experimental units. The variables evaluated were: height, diameter, number of leaves, number of internodes, percentage of survival and in the underground part was evaluated: number of roots, length and diameter of the longest root. For the analysis of the results, the normality of the data was analyzed, in addition, the Spearman correlation analysis were applied and finally the data was processed using the Kruskal Wallis test. As a result, the data in the propagation of rhizomes, normality did not appear (p>0.05) and likewise no differences in survival were found (p=0.26); in shoot length (p=0.08) in the same way in the underground part. On the other hand, for the propagation by segment of culms with branches I do not present normality in the data and no differences in survival were found (p=0.67); length (p=0.36) and finally the underground part did not present differences either. It was evidenced in general terms that the rhizome method presented a higher percentage of survival compared to the propagation method with segments of culms with branches.