Formation of seedlings of species from the genus passiflora under saline stress

Authors

  • Regiana dos Santos Moura Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia
  • Hans Raj Gheyi Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia
  • Mauricio Antônio Coelho Filho Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária
  • Onildo Nunes de Jesus Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária
  • Lucas Kennedy Silva Lima Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia
  • Caliane Silva da Cruz Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/BJ-v33n5a2017-36957

Keywords:

Salt stress, Passiflora spp., salinity tolerance

Abstract

The genus Passiflora of the passion fruit crop is the most important from economic point of view. However, its cultivation in the semi-arid region is at risk due to salinity problems, requiring the identification of tolerant species, which develop better in environments with salinity problems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of water salinity on growth and formation of seedlings of three species from the genus Passiflora. The treatments were distributed in a completely randomized design, adopting a 5 x 3 factorial arrangement, with five levels of irrigation water salinity (ECw) of 0.3; 1.4; 2.5; 3.6 and 4.7 dS m-1 and three species of Passiflora: gibertii; cincinnata and edulis 'BRS Gigante Amarelo', with four replicates. P. edulis surpassed the others in leaf area, shoot, root and total dry matter and Dickson index of seedling quality. Irrigation water salinity inhibits the formation of seedlings evaluated by growth in height, stem diameter and shoot, root and total dry matter of the studied species of Passiflora. The interaction between ECw and the Passiflora species interfered significantly in height, root, shoot and total dry matter and Dickson quality index. ECw above 0.3 dS m-1 affects the Dickson quality index of P. gibertii more,compared with P. edulis and P. cincinnata.

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Published

2017-09-21

How to Cite

MOURA, R. dos S., GHEYI, H.R., COELHO FILHO, M.A., JESUS, O.N. de, LIMA, L.K.S. and CRUZ, C.S. da, 2017. Formation of seedlings of species from the genus passiflora under saline stress . Bioscience Journal [online], vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 1197–1207. [Accessed8 November 2024]. DOI 10.14393/BJ-v33n5a2017-36957. Available from: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/36957.

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Agricultural Sciences