EFFECT OF SIX PLANT SPACING ON THE PRODUCTION OF YELLOW PASSION FRUIT (Passiflora edulis L flavicarpa Deg.) in Porto Lucena/RS
Abstract
This study was carried out in 1987, at Centro de Pesquisa e Extensão em Fruticultura Tropical —CEPEX (Research and Extension Centre on Tropical Fruits), located in Porto Lucena,RS, Southem Brazil (27°51'24" S, 55 °01'09" W), to evaluate the effect of six plant spacing on the production and mean fruit weight of Yellow Passion Fruit. Plant spacing used was: 1.25, 2.0, 2.75, 3.5, 4.25 and 5.0 m within the rows which were 2.5 m apart. The statistical analysis showed an increasing linear effect on total plant production and number of fruits per plant as plant spacing increased. Neverthless, there was no effect of plant spacing on the total production and total fruit number per hectare. Results for mean fruit weight showed an oscillating effect, as plant spacing increased. According to this experiment it is suggested that wider plant spacing is more advisable due to an increase on plant production, at a small cost, and no decrease on total production per arca.
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