Resposta de híbridos de milho à associação com Azospirillum brasilense e adubação nitrogenada

Abstract

Studies on the inoculation of Azospirillum on grass species has shown benefits to growth and development of plants, through the production of plant hormones and biological nitrogen fixation that lead to other positive effects, and could thus reduce the need for nitrogen fertilization. However, strains efficient and promising genotypes should be associated for obtain benefits with this association. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the response of corn hybrids to its association with A. brasilense and nitrogen fertilization.The experimental design was randomized blocks in factorial 2 x 2 x 5 with four replications. The treatments consisted of two corn hybrids (H1-30F53 and H2-CD386); inoculation of a commercial product based on A. brasilense, and five nitrogen rates (0, 40, 80, 120 and 160 kg ha-1). Were evaluated the parameters: plant height, ear height, diameter stem, dry mass of leaves, stem, ear and total shoot, leaf area, leaf N content and yield components (ear length, ear diameter, number of rows per ear, number of grains per row, weight of ear, weight of 100 grains and productivity). There was interaction between inoculation and nitrogen in the vegetative stage to the stem diameter and between hybrids and nitrogen for productivity. Hybrids responded differently to the variables and the application of increasing doses of N provided increments for biometric variables, leaf N content and yield components. Effect of inoculation with A. brasilense was found on leaf area and total dry mass of shoots in the reproductive stage, which had increased in the presence of inoculation