Foliar Spray Inoculation with Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria Associated with Nitrogen Doses in <i>Megathyrsus maximus</i> cv. BRS Zuri
Gabriela da Silva Freitas,
Adônis Moreira,
Marcelo Falaci Prudencio,
Reges Heinrichs,
Marco Antonio Nogueira,
Mariangela Hungria,
Cecílio Viega Soares Filho
Affiliations
Gabriela da Silva Freitas
Department of Animal Production and Health, São Paulo State University—Unesp, Clóvis Pestana Street, 593, Araçatuba 16050-680, Brazil
Adônis Moreira
Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Soja, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (Embrapa), Rodovia Carlos Joao Strass, Distrito de Warta, Londrina 86001-970, Brazil
Marcelo Falaci Prudencio
Department of Animal Production and Health, São Paulo State University—Unesp, Clóvis Pestana Street, 593, Araçatuba 16050-680, Brazil
Reges Heinrichs
Department of Crop Science, São Paulo State University—Unesp, Rodovia SP 294, km 651, Dracena 17900-000, Brazil
Marco Antonio Nogueira
Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Soja, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (Embrapa), Rodovia Carlos Joao Strass, Distrito de Warta, Londrina 86001-970, Brazil
Mariangela Hungria
Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Soja, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (Embrapa), Rodovia Carlos Joao Strass, Distrito de Warta, Londrina 86001-970, Brazil
Cecílio Viega Soares Filho
Department of Animal Production and Health, São Paulo State University—Unesp, Clóvis Pestana Street, 593, Araçatuba 16050-680, Brazil
This study evaluated the combined effect of foliar spray inoculation with plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) and nitrogen doses on the yield, development, and nutritive value of Megathyrsus maximus cv. BRS Zuri. The experimental design was randomized blocks with four replications, with repeated measures in time. Foliar inoculation of two bacteria (Azospirillum brasilense Ab-V5 (CNPSo 2083) and Ab-V6 (CNPSo 2084) and Pseudomonas fluorescens (CNPSo 2799)) and 40 and 80 kg ha−1 N (urea) rates, in addition to the control (without inoculation and N fertilization), were applied. In the rainy season, at the level of 40 kg ha−1 of N, inoculation of both A. brasilense and P. fluorescens increased, respectively, the tiller number by 33% and 25% (22 February), and the N accumulated in tissues by 42% and 25% (22 January), while in the previous year (21 February) the beneficial effects of both bacteria were observed in the percentage of leaf blade and in the true digestibility in vitro. When the foliar spray was inoculated with A. brasilense Ab-V5 and Ab-V6 and P. fluorescens CNPSo 2799, with 80 kg N ha−1, the root system of Zuri grass increased by 61% and 30%, respectively.
