Influencia de las distancias de siembra en el desarollo y producción de 2 variedades de maracuyá (passiflora edulis degener)

Abstract

The objective of the experimental study was to evaluate the interaction effect of passion fruit varieties (yellow and purple) and planting distances (3 m between rows x 5 m between plants, 4 m x 3 m, 4 m x 5 m and 3 m x 3 m), by measuring morpho-agroproductive parameters in fruit cultivation. The research was carried out in areas of the Santa Inés Farm, of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Technical University of Machala, El Oro, Ecuador; and a completely randomized 2x4 fractional factorial experiment was used, with three repetitions, generating 24 experimental units (plots with an area of 90 m2). The variables evaluated were the number of flowers and fruits per plant, central diameter of the fruit, weight of the fruit, percentage of pulp and peel, thickness of the peel, Brix degrees and agricultural yield. The best yield was obtained in the yellow variety-3 m x 3 m) with 10,406 kg/ha-1, however, the highest number of fruits per plant was produced in the combination yellow variety-4 m x 5 m) with 83 fruits, it also influenced the diameter of the fruit, the weight of the fruit and the percentage of pulp. No interaction effect was observed in the combinations of treatments carried out in the Brix degrees variable, which can be attributed to the characteristics of each variety.