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2024-04-30

Can biostimulants and grafting alleviate salinity stress in purple passion fruit (Passiflora edulis f. edulis Sims)?

¿Pueden los bioestimulantes y la injertación mitigar el estrés por salinidad en gulupa (Passiflora edulis f. edulis Sims)?

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https://doi.org/10.15446/agron.colomb.v42n1.113585

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Passiflora maliformis, Ascophyllum nodosum, water status, chlorophyll fluorescence (en)
Passiflora maliformis, Ascophyllum nodosum, estatus hídrico, fluorescencia de la clorofila (es)

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Purple passion fruit crops are affected by salinity conditions in productive systems. The aim of this research was to evaluate the effect of the application of Ascophyllum nodosum extract on salinity stress in purple passion fruit plants at the vegetative stage of growth with and without grafting. Eight treatments were evaluated corresponding to the combination of grafting or non-grafting on the Passiflora maliformis rootstock, the presence or absence of salt stress, and the application or not of the A. nodosum biostimulant. Physiological and growth parameters were evaluated. Salinity significantly decreased (P<0.05) growth and stomatal conductance (gs), increased contents of photosynthetic pigments and did not affect the chlorophyll a fluorescence. The grafted plants presented a positive response (P<0.05) in chlorophyll relative contents (~63 SPAD units) and shoot length (~106 cm); lower gs (~163 mmol H2O m-2s-1), number of leaves (~43 leaves) and root weight (3.5 g of dry weight), and no change in chlorophyll a fluorescence. The biostimulant mitigated the salinity effect on gs and photosynthetic pigments. In the case of salinity, non-grafted purple passion fruit may present a better performance at the vegetative stage, and the biostimulant can have a slight mitigation effect on salt stress. However, if it is essential to use grafted plants for sanitary reasons, the evaluated salinity does not affect them drastically.

En los sistemas productivos de gulupa se presentan condiciones de salinidad que afectan el cultivo. El objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar el efecto de la aplicación de un extracto de Ascophyllum nodosum sobre el estrés salino en plantas de gulupa en etapa vegetativa de crecimiento con y sin injertación. Se evaluaron ocho tratamientos correspondientes a la combinación de la injertación o no sobre el patrón de Passiflora maliformis, la presencia o no de estrés salino, y la aplicación o no del bioestimulante A. nodosum. Se evaluaron parámetros fisiológicos y de crecimiento. La salinidad disminuyó significativamente (P<0,05) el crecimiento, conductancia estomática (gs), incrementó los pigmentos fotosintéticos y no afectó la fluorescencia de clorofila a. Las plantas injertadas obtuvieron una respuesta positiva (P<0,05) en contenido de clorofila (~63 unidades SPAD) y longitud de la parte aérea (~106 cm), presentaron menor gs (~163 mmol H2O m-2s-1), número de hojas (~43 hojas) y peso de raíces (3,5 g de peso seco), pero no afectaron la fluorescencia de la clorofila a. El bioestimulante mitigó el efecto de la salinidad en gs y pigmentos fotosintéticos. En el caso de salinidad, las plantas de gulupa sin injertar pueden presentar un mejor desempeño en etapa vegetativa, y el bioestimulante puede presentar un leve efecto en la mitigación del estrés salino. Sin embargo, si es indispensable utilizar plantas injertadas por causas sanitarias, la salinidad evaluada no las afecta drásticamente.

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