Efeito de fungicidas sobre a fixação biológica de nitrogênio e o desenvolvimento inicial de cultivares de Feijão-Caupi

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the compatibility of the seed treatment with fungicides cowpea and strains recommended for this crop. In laboratory evaluated the effect on survival of rhizobia inoculated seeds of cowpea and treated or untreated with fungicides fludioxonil, carbendazim, carbendazim + thiram and carboxin + thiram, in doses recommended for soybean, and inoculated with strains recommended for culture. In the greenhouse was assessed nodulation and shoot dry weight of cowpea seeds from inoculated and treated with fungicides, and to evaluate the effect of fungicides on germination and seedling development in five cultivars of cowpea. In the course was assessed nodulation and grain yield of cowpea inoculated with strain BR3262 and treated or untreated with fungicides. There was no effect of fungicides on survival of rhizobia on seeds, nor reduce nodulation of plants besides not influence the germination and development of cowpea plants in greenhouse conditions. Under field conditions there was no effect of fungicides on nodulation either on grain yield. With this, the use of fungicides for treating seeds of cowpea and compatible with the inoculation.