PLANT DENSITY AND NITROGEN FERTILIZATION ON COMMON BEAN NUTRITION AND YIELD

The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of plant densities and sidedressed nitrogen (N) rates on nutrition and productive performance of the common bean cultivars IPR 139 and Perola. For each cultivar, a randomized complete block experimental design was used in a split-plot arrangement...

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Autores: Soratto, Rogerio Peres [UNESP], Catuchi, Tiago Aranda, Cordova de Souza, Emerson de Freitas, Nantes Garcia, Jader Luis [UNESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/162877
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1983-21252017v30n315rc
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/162877
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Phaseolus vulgaris
Nitrogen
Plant population
Mineral nutrition
Grain yield
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Sumario:The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of plant densities and sidedressed nitrogen (N) rates on nutrition and productive performance of the common bean cultivars IPR 139 and Perola. For each cultivar, a randomized complete block experimental design was used in a split-plot arrangement, with three replicates. Plots consisted of three plant densities (5, 7, and 9 plants ha(-1)) and subplots of five N rates (0, 30, 60, 120, and 180 kg ha(-1)). Aboveground dry matter, leaf macro-and micronutrient concentrations, yield components, grain yield, and protein concentration in grains were evaluated. Lower plant densities (5 and 7 plants m(-1)) increased aboveground dry matter production and the number of pods per plant and did not reduce grain yield. In the absence of N fertilization, reduction of plant density decreased N concentration in common bean leaves. Nitrogen fertilization linearly increased dry matter and leaf N concentration, mainly at lower plant densities. Regardless of plant density, the N supply linearly increased grain yield of cultivars IPR 139 and Perola by 17.3 and 52.2%, respectively.