Passion fruit tree seedlings development propagated by grafting/Desenvolvimento de mudas de maracujazeiro propagadas por enxertia

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de fruticultura Vol. 31; no. 4; p. 1135
• Main Authors: Lenza, Janaina Batista, Valente, Joao Pedro, Roncatto, Givanildo, De Abreu, Joadil Alves
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Fruticultura 01-12-2009
• ISSN: 0100-2945

The objective of this work was to evaluate the seedlings development of yellow passion fruit tree 'FB200' grafted in six species and in the plant itself as a rootstock. The work was developed on the Experimental Farm of the FAMEV/UFMT between February and June /2006. The used method of grafting was the type full cleft grafting, carried out above the third leaf and to a changeable height depending on the species (from 15 to 30 cm of height). The species used as a rootstock were: Passiflora edulis, P. quadrangularis, P. giberti, P. alata, P. coccinea, P. nitida and the variety FB 200; and as grafting 'FB200'. The following characteristics had been evaluated to measure the development of the plants: height, diameter, number of leaves and internodes, in a period of 60, 75, 90,105 and 120 days after the grafting. The seedlings of variety FB200 produced through the method of grafting for full cleft grafting presented a satisfactory development in the conditions of the Cuiabana-MT Depression, when grafted in the rootstock Passiflora edulis and 'FB200'. A great difficulty for the production of passion fruit tree seedlings by using the species P. giberti, P. coccinea and P. nitida as a rootstock is the small and slow development of the stalk diameter of these species.