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Response of common bean crop to nitrogen fertilization and rhizobium inoculation

Rodrigo de Pelegrin, Fábio Martins Mercante, Ilda Miyuki Nakase Otsubo, Auro Akio Otsubo

01/Feb/2009

Adequate management of nitrogen fertilizer is one of the main difficulties on common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) crop. However, the biological N2 fixation is an alternative source of N supply to this crop. This study had the purpose to evaluate the response of common bean to rhizobium inoculation and split application of N fertilizer in terms of plant nodulation and grain yield. Besides, this study aimed to evaluate the economic viability of using N fertilizer application and/or rhizobium inoculation on […]