Produção e qualidade de frutos de maracujá-amarelo em função da tensão de água no solo

Abstract

The experiment was carried out at the Federal University of Lavras, Brazil, from August 2007 to February 2008 in order to evaluate the effects of soil-water suction on the production and quality of yellow passion fruit. The statistical design consisted of randomized blocks with four replications and four soil-water suctions corresponding to 15, 30, 45 and 60 kPa. The crops were drip irrigated when suction at the depth of 0.20 m was equivalent to that defined for each treatment. There was no significant effect of the adopted treatments, therefore the crop could be irrigated when the soil-water suction reached 60kPa without affecting production and quality of the fruits.