Resumo

ANEZ, B  e  VASQUEZ, J. Effect of population density on growth and yield of aloe (Aloe barbadensis M.). Rev. Fac. Agron. [online]. 2005, vol.22, n.1, pp.1-12. ISSN 0378-7818.

The objective of this study was to measure the effect on aloe (Aloe barbadensis M.) yield, of 16 different rows plantation, which were increased in constant intervals of 0.08 m from 0.40m to 1.60m. The distance for all plants were of 0.40m for all treatments. The field work was carried out at San Juan de Lagunillas Experimental Station, state of Mérida, Venezuela, on a Typical Cambortid sandy-clay-loam Soil, using a wagon wheel design with four replications. The number of leaves per plant, leaf dimensions (long, broad and thickness) and the leaf production of raw gel and acíbar (resinous latex-aloina-) were not influenced by the treatments. The number of suckers per plant was higher with greater row spacing, whereas gel and resinous latex yields were significantly higher with the least row spacing used.

Palavras-chave : Aloe barbadensis; row spacings; vegetative growth; production; yield.