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Physiology and production of sugar-apple under water stress and application of proline
R A F Torres1, G S Lima2, F J S Paiva2
1Universidade Federal de Campina Grande - UFCG, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Agrícola - PPGEA, Campus Campina Grande, Campina Grande, PB, Brasil.
Abstract:
The objective of this study was to evaluate the physiology and production of sugar-apple as a function of irrigation intervals and foliar application of proline under the conditions of Paraíba's semi-arid region. A randomized block design was laid out in a 4 × 2 factorial scheme, with treatments resulting from the combination of four irrigation intervals (1, 4, 8 and 12 days) and two concentrations of proline (0 and 10 mM), with four replicates, and the plot consisted of four usable plants. Increase in irrigation intervals reduced the gas exchange of sugar-apple plants at 298 days after transplanting. Exogenous application of proline at concentration of 10 mM increased contents of chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll and carotenoids and fruit fresh mass in plants grown under 12-day irrigation intervals.
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