SOARES, Frederico A. L.; CARNEIRO, Paulo T.; ALVES, Allan N.; GHEYI, Hans R.; FERNANDES, Pedro D.
Resumen:
The effects of the salinity of irrigation water may cause adverse effects in the growth of
the plants due to presence of soluble salts and exchangeable sodium in the root zone, causing
reduction in the production and productivity to anti-economical levels. In this work the objective was
to study the effects of saline waters on the production of the yellow passion fruit plant (Passiflora
edulis Sims. f. flavicarpa Deg.). Under the experimental conditions of greenhouse, the total and
commercial production, the total and commercial number of fruits, and the mean weight of the total
and commercial fruits were evaluated and, under five levels of electrical conductivity of the irrigation
water (ECw: 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0 dS m-1). The experimental design adopted for the experiment
was the completely randomized, with four repetitions. Salinity of the irrigation water above 1.0 dS m-1
promoted reduction in the components of production of the passion fruit.
