Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXI, Issue 1
Written by Ileana RÎNDAȘU, Roxana CICEOI, Elena Ștefania IVAN, Florin STĂNICĂ
The effect on germination and growth of high (homeopathic) dilutions on different plant species was studied since 1923, beginning with the experiments of Kolisko. Few other similar experiments with isopathic models are mentioned in the literature, illustrating the effects of homeopathic treatments on germination and growth of wheat, but they used mainly arsenic oxide (As2O3) as a stressor and then the same substance as therapy in a diluted form. Other studies were performed with sodium chloride as a stressor, but mainly on cowpea and beans. Our study used wheat in an experiment with sodium chloride as a stressor and various solutions of Natrium muriaticum (high dilutions of sodium chloride) as therapy. Different results were obtained regarding the number of germinated seeds and the length of the coleoptiles, showing that homeopathic dilutions of Natrium muriaticum have a different effect on the wheat germination and its growth, depending on the treatment dilution, opening a new field of research in the domain of abiotic stress in plants treated with high diluted medicines.
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