Effect of Sulphur on root diameter

The application of the homeopathy Sulphur in the dynamizations 12 CH, 30 CH and 1 MCH increased the average diameter of the radish roots significantly in relation to the control and the dynamizations 200 CH and 5 CH (Figure 3). The behaviour presented here was similar to that observed for the first described items. The average root diameter of the plants treated with 12 CH, 30 CH and 1 MCH was approximately 3 times greater than the control. This result is of great importance, because the applied homeopathy resulted in larger roots, leading to higher productivity and higher commercial value of the product. Again, it was observed that different dynamizations caused different results. When there is a similitude between the homeopathic solution and the organism, the vital energy responds, opposing the energy of the medication to a test of its own energy (Hamly, 1979).

However, when there is no similitude between the homeopathic preparation and the organism there can be disorder in the metabolic system of the plant, resulting in several negative growth and development aspects of the plant.

Effect of Sulphur on the mass of the fresh matter of the shoot and the root system

Both the mass of the fresh matter of the shoot and the root system were influenced significantly by the different dynamizations of Sulphur (Figures 4 and 5).

The application of Sulphur at potency 5 CH resulted in a large increase in the production of the shoot fresh matter, standing out among the other studied dynamizations and arriving at values approximately three times higher than the control and the dynamization 200 CH (Figure 4). The potencies 12 CH, 30 CH and 1 MCH also increased the mass of the shoot fresh matter and differed statistically from the control and the dynamization

The application of Sulphur, independent of the studied dynamization, resulted in a large increase in the fresh matter mass of the root system, when compared with the control (Figure 5). The difference was 10 to 20 times greater in relationship to the control. Cymbopogon citratus plants treated with Sulphur 30 CH presented a reduction in the mass of the shoot fresh matter, differing statistically from the control (Castro, 2002).

Effect of Sulphur on the mass of the shoot dry matter and the root system

The radish plants that received Sulphur at potencies 5 CH and 12 CH presented a larger increment in the mass of the matter of the shoot (Figure 6), while the control and the other studied dynamizations did not differ statistically from each other. The plants treated with Sulphur 5 CH presented more than twice the mass of the dry matter of the shoot when compared to the control.

The production of dry matter in the root system was identical to that observed for the mass of the fresh matter, i.e. all the dynamizations presented significantly higher dry mass values of the root system (approximately three times higher) in relationship to the control (Figure 7). The variable mass of the dry matter should be preferred to the mass of the fresh matter because it is less subject to environmental factor fluctuations.

It is interesting to note that, even with the adversity of the abiotic and biotic factors (the plants grew outdoors), the homeopathic Sulphur was efficient and improved the general characteristics of the plants.

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