This research attempts to evaluate the two grafting methods to the culture of the passionfruit tree under Cuiabá depression conditions. The trial was done at Experimental Farm nursery of the Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine Faculty - FAMEV of the Mato Grosso Federal University, located in Santo Antônio do Leverger town. It was used grafting methods type of full cleft grafting and lateral grafting, in three points in the rootstock: the top of the plant, above of 3 leafs and above of 5 leafs. The seedlings used like rootstocks were resultant of seeds came from Agronomic Institute of Campinas/IAC - SP of the cultivated IAC 275 of the acess Roxinho miúdo. The saddle graftings were taken from seedlings with 3 months old year, 0,5 cm of the diameter, of the cultivated IAC 275. It was used 15 plants in each grafting method, 30 plants in total. The full cleft grafting method shown better results in the growing of the plant. As to the points in the rootstock the better results were found above 5 leafs than above 3 leafs or on the top of the plant. The full cleft grafting and saddle grafting in the rootstock got 98% of success, conclunding that it was the most adequate technic.
'IAC 275'; full cleft grafting; lateral grafting; Passiflora edulis
