SEEDLING PRODUCTION OF PASSION FRUIT GROWN WITH DIFFERENT DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE

Abstract

The production of quality seedlings is one of the basic points to a better development of the culture of passion. The experiment was conducted under greenhouse conditions at the Federal University of Pará, Campus Maraba in order to verify the dose of lime promote better performance in seedlings of passion fruit. The following were used: T1 as a control using only ground; treatments T2, T3, T4 and T5 using 30% chicken manure as substrate with the application of 5, 10, 15, and 20 g of lime, respectively. The experimental design was completely randomized. The parameters evaluated were: plant height, stem diameter, number of leaves and evaluation of macro and micronutrients in shoots and roots of plants. It was found that the treatments with lime not statistically different, however showed better results than the T1. The greater absorption of nutrients occurred in treatments with lime, in contrast to greater absorption of micronutrients by T1.   KEYWORDS: liming, organic fertilizer, Passiflora edulis.