Question

What happens when boiled aloe Vera leaves are kept in salty water

Answer 1

Aloe Vera is known for the ability to maintain the salinity balance in a soil. However, if an Aloe Vera plant is treated with saline water, the results would be more negative than positive.

The only positive outcome of such an experiment is that Aloe Vera can experience elongation of the stem when subjected to low concentrations of NaCl, this inducing osmotic adjustment

activity in the plants and contributing to its growth rate significantly.

However, the negative responses from this experiment are as follows —

1. Drastic changes in the plant's osmotic adjustment activity

2. Deteriorating lengths of the shoot

3. Deteriorating lengths of the root

4. Excess of salinity in the plant leads to disruption of photosynthesis

5. Eventual death of the plant due to imbalances in the plant's salinity level