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2021

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Agriculture

Hadhramout University Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences

Aloe inermis; Aloe eremophila; Leaf sap.

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Replanting Of Aloe Inermis And Aloe Eremophila And Their Bitter Sap Exudation Quantity And Time Of Extraction, Ahmed Salem Bataher Dec 2021

Replanting Of Aloe Inermis And Aloe Eremophila And Their Bitter Sap Exudation Quantity And Time Of Extraction, Ahmed Salem Bataher

Hadhramout University Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences

Aloe inermis and Aloe eremophila are a drought resistance species habituating plateaus and high mountains. These two plants can survive outside their natural habitation and they can be irrigated under basin or drip irrigation systems. The plant sap can be collected locally at noon by cutting leaves from the bases beyond 2.5 cm of the stem. The mean dry sap production is ranged between 0.37 – 0.47 gm/Leaf for the species Aloe inermis and Aloe eremophila respectively. Statistical analysis of the dry sap production revealed a significant difference between means of the two species at 5% of level which the …