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COMMUNICATIONS IN SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT ANALYSIS
Volume 43, Issue 21, Pages 2752-2766Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2012.719973
Keywords
Phaseolus vulgaris; root dry weight; root length; shoot dry weight
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- Brazilin Scientific and Technological Research Council (CNPq) [471032/2010-7]
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Dry bean is an important legume for South American population, and phosphorus (P) deficiency is the most yield-limiting nutrient for crop production in South American soils. A greenhouse experiment was conducted with the objective of evaluating influence of P fertilization on grain yield and yield components of 30 dry bean genotypes. The P levels used were 0 mg P kg(-1) (natural level of the soil) and 200 mg P kg(-1) applied with triple superphosphate fertilizer. Yield and yield components were significantly influenced with P as well as genotype treatments. The P x genotype interactions were significant for yield as well as yield components, indicating different responses of genotypes at two P levels. Root dry weight and maximum root length were also significantly increased with the addition of P fertilization. There were also significant differences among the genotypes in the growth of root system. Based on grain yield efficiency index (GYEI), genotypes were classified as P efficient, moderately efficient, and inefficient. Among 30 genotypes, 17 were classified as efficient, 12 were classified as moderately efficient, and 1 was classified as inefficient. Yield components such as pods per plant and seeds per pod were having significant positive association with grain yield. In addition, grain harvest index (GHI) was also having significant linear association with grain yield. Hence, it is possible to improve grain yield of dry bean in Brazilian Oxisol with the addition of adequate rate of P fertilization as well as use of P-efficient genotypes.
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