The objective of this study was to characterize and to evaluate the emergence and survival of maize seeds, as well as growth, dry mass of shoot and root dry mass of seedlings grown with manure of sheep fed with water with different levels of total dissolved solids (TDS) -640, 3188, 5740 and 8326 mg-1. The study was conducted in the greenhouse industry seedling production at Embrapa Semi-Arid in Petrolina-PE. The experimental design was completely randomize with four treatments and ten replicates. Data were analyzed using orthogonal contrasts and polynomial regression. It was significant (P<0.05) in the rate of emergence estimated by regression that the best substrate should contain until 1811 SDT in drinking water for this variety of corn. However, the biomass of shoot and root, the percentage of survival and seedling height have not been changed (P>0.05).
salinity; waste; Zea mays
