The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of irrigation and potassium levels applied through irrigation water by drip irrigation on the nutrient content of yellow passion fruit. The experiment was performed in the Experimental Field of the Areão Farm at ESALQ/USP, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil (22° 42' 30" S e 47° 38' 00" W). An experimental design of randomized blocks in subdivided plots with four replications was used. The treatments resulted from the combination of four irrigation levels (L1 = 0.25 L, L2 = 0.50 L, L3 = 0.75 L and L4 = 1.00 L), in which L is the average water depth measured in lysimetr, and five potassium doses (K0 = 0.00; K1 = 0.225; K2 = 0.450 K3 = 0.675 and K4 = 0.90 kg plant-1 year-1 of K2O), applied through irrigation water every seven days. The nutrient concentration in the plants was evaluated through leaf diagnosis, performed during the fruit harvests period. The nutrient content in passion fruit leaves was not influenced by irrigation levels and irrigation X potassium interaction, but the concentrations of K, Ca, Mg, B and Mn were influenced by potassium doses.
fertirrigation; plant nutrition; Passiflora edulis
