Reporte de aplicación de tratamientos de vinagre y carbonato para el control de Tillansia recurvata

Abstract

The Motita hay (Tillandsiarecurvata) is an epiphytic plant which it is considered today as a pest, that even, it is not a parasiticplant that avoids taking nutrients from the host, but generates a competence for getting light and oxygen from the environmentwhen making photosynthesis and this process becomes more difficult due to the respiration and transpiration of the tree having as aresult a weakening of the branches of the host causing the death of different forest species (Sánchez et al., 2007). Then, the mainobjective is to evaluate the efficacy of the appliance of sodium bicarbonate and vinegar in different doses through a designedexperiment in order to determine what type of dose provides the best result as an alternative and as a complement to the mechanictesting control. Then, 5 treatments are applied in 5 plots of 100 m² with 4 evaluations, and the doses are 86 g of sodium bicarbonateper 1 L of water, 100 g of sodium bicarbonate per 1 L of water, 86 g of sodium bicarbonate with 66 ml of vinegar per 1 L of water,100 g of sodium bicarbonate with 66 ml of vinegar per 1 L of water and then, a pruning of a plot. Finally, the obtained results showthat the use of sodium bicarbonate showed just a little relevance in the results of the control of Tillandsiarecurvata, and the dose of100 g of sodium bicarbonate to 1 L of water shows a very positive result since the hay has dried more quickly, while the use ofvinegar has been inefficient in controlling the pest.