REPEATABILITY AND STABILITY OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN SPHAGNETICOLA TRILOBATA PLANTS TREATED WITH CANTHARIS
Batirola da Silva, Rosmeri Ter ezinha; Casali, Vicente Wagner Dias; Lisboa, Suzana Patricia; Batirola da Silva, Mara Rosane; Cruz, Cosme Damião
The application of homeopathic solutions in plants do influence secondary metabolism and primary metabolism as the photosynthesis. Data repetibility has called the attention of researchers doing experimentation on Homeopathy. CO2 assimilation was determined in cloned plants by Infrared Gas Analyzer (IRGA). Plants were cloned to avoid genetic variability effects. Determinations were done each 30 seconds along 10 consecutive minutes after treatment with Cantharis 3CH, 5CH, 7CH, 9CH and with distiled water (control). A factorial experiment under a completely randomized design and four replicates was conducted. Data were analyzed through: variance, stability (Plaisted and Peterson method), repeatibility (Main components, covariance and correlation methods) by GENES program. The treatment effect was statisticaly significant. Data oscilation was greater in all treatments except Cantharis 7CH and control. Data repetibility coefficient was 95% meaning that results pattern was kept along 20 determinations. Data repetibility and stability did prove the experimental precision and maintenance of effects after application of Cantharis dynamizations.