Foliar Spray Inoculation with Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria Associated with Nitrogen Doses in Megathyrsus maximus cv. BRS Zuri

• Published in: Agronomy (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 4; p. 1040
• Main Authors: Freitas, Gabriela da Silva, Moreira, Adônis, Prudencio, Marcelo Falaci, Heinrichs, Reges, Nogueira, Marco Antonio, Hungria, Mariangela, Soares Filho, Cecílio Viega
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.04.2023
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Azospirillum brasilense; Bacteria; Bioaccumulation; biological nitrogen fixation; Chlorophyll; Design of experiments; Digestibility; Experimental design; Fertilization; Fertilizers; Grasses; Inoculation; Laboratories; Megathyrsus maximus; Nitrogen; Nutrition; Nutritive value; Phosphorus; Plant growth; Plant resistance; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Rainy season; root system; Seasons; Soil fertility; Urea; Brazil
• ISSN: 2073-4395; 2073-4395
• DOI: 10.3390/agronomy13041040

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.