Growth and ionic homeostasis of custard apple seedlings irrigated with saline wastewater

ABSTRACT Custard apple (Annona squamosa L.) is a sensitive fruit crop to salinity. One of the alternatives to minimize the deleterious effects of salt stress is adopting mineral fertilization management practices, promoting increased crop tolerance to salts. Therefore, the objective of the present s...

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Published in:Revista brasileira de engenharia agrícola e ambiental 2024-08, Vol.28 (8)
Main Authors: Souza, Antônia A. T., Mendonça, Vander, Paiva, Emanoela P. de, Melo, Bruna E. F., Souza Neta, Maria L. de, Santos, Antônio S. dos, Oliveira, Francisca das C. de, Peixoto, Tayd D. C., Ferreira Neto, Miguel, Sá, Francisco V. da S.
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Language:eng ; por
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AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Summary:ABSTRACT Custard apple (Annona squamosa L.) is a sensitive fruit crop to salinity. One of the alternatives to minimize the deleterious effects of salt stress is adopting mineral fertilization management practices, promoting increased crop tolerance to salts. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to evaluate NPK doses to mitigate salt stress in custard apple seedlings irrigated with saline wastewater. The experiment was performed in a greenhouse, adopting a randomized block design in a 3 × 5 factorial scheme, corresponding to three irrigation waters (local-supply water of 0.53 dS m-1 electrical conductivity (control); desalination reject of 3.5 dS m-1; fish farming effluent of 3.5 dS m-1) and five proportions of the NPK recommendation (25, 50, 75, 100, and 125% of the fertilization recommendation), with four replicates. The growth, biomass accumulation, and nutrients were evaluated. Irrigation with desalination reject, and fish farming effluent restricted the growth of custard apple seedlings, regardless of the NPK dose used. The ionic homeostasis of seedlings irrigated with desalination reject and fish farming effluent is optimized by fertilization with 50% of the NPK recommendation corresponding to 50, 150, and 75 mg of N, P2O5, and K2O dm-3, respectively. For the production of seedlings irrigated with local-supply water, the dose of 75% NPK, corresponding to 75, 225, and 112.5 mg of N, P2O5, and K2O dm-3, respectively, is recommended.
ISSN:1807-1929
DOI:10.1590/1807-1929/agriambi.v28n8e278185