Flowering And Production Of Yellow Passion Fruit Obtained By Hypocotyledonary Grafted In Jaboticabal And Araguari

The study was conducted in the ripped area, and in the Fruitculture area of the Department of Plant Production, Faculdade de Ciencias Agrarias e Veterinarias, Universidade Estadual Paulista (FCAV/ UNESP), in Jaboticabal (Sao Paulo, Brazil), and in an area of a small producer supplier of Maguari (Kraft Foods of Brazil) in Araguari (Minas Gerais, Brazil), and aimed to assess the development of yellow passion fruit grafted by hypocotyledonary grafting, on six rootstocks of Passifloraceas. Seven treatments were used, with six treatments and rootstocks: P. edulis f. flavicarpa, P. caerulea, P. alata, P. gibertii, P. coccinea, P. cincinnata and treatment with non-grafted plants of the P. edulis f. flavicarpa. For all treatments the crown variety used was the yellow passion fruit plant 'FB 200'. The experimental design used was randomized blocks with three repetitions. The plot was formed in a line of four plants (20 linear meters). The conduction was done according to cultural treatments recommended for this culture. The evaluated characteristics were flowering, production, number and average fruit weight. In Jaboticabal the seedling plants presented the better development and higher production than the others. In Araguari P. edulis f. flavicarpa, P. caerulea, and seedling plants presented the better production. No differences between rootstocks were found to fruit number and P. alata decreased the fruit weight compared to the other rootstocks.