HIGHLIGHTS Potassium does not attenuate the deleterious effects of salt stress on the formation of seedlings of sour passion fruit. Water salinity increases the percentage of cell membrane damage in sour passion fruit seedlings. Salt stress inhibits growth of sour passion fruit but water with up to 3.5 dS m-1 can be used for formation of its seedlings.
The yellow passion fruit (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa Degener) crops have been gaining notoriety in Brazil, whose cultivation extends to almost all regions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the growth of yellow passion fruit seedlings in response to the interaction between substrate composition and irrigation water salinity levels. The experimental trial was installed in a randomized block design, with a factorial scheme (3x6) consisting of two factors: three levels of salinity and six types of substrates, distributed in four replications, each plot consisting of a polyethylene bag composed of two plants. The factor levels of salinity, electrical conductivity: 0.3, 1.2 and 2.1 dSm-1 did not influence the physiological growth and development of the seedlings, the substrates resulted in statistically significant effects, the cattle manure presented the highest percentage in levels of physiological growth and development of the plant.
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