GROWTH AND YIELD OF THE COMMON BEAN IN RESPONSE TO COMBINED APPLICATION OF NITROGEN AND PACLOBUTRAZOL

Nitrogen fertilization is a common practice used to increase the yield of winter bean crops. However, this practice leads to excessively tall and prostrate plants that have too many leaves, resulting in self - shading, and low yield and grain quality. The use of growth regulators could minimize the...

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Main Authors: OLIVIA MACHADO DE ALMEIDA, HYRANDIR CABRAL DE MELO, TOMÁS DE AQUINO PORTES
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido 2016-01-01
Series:Revista Caatinga
Online Access:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=237144625015