Abstract
The aim of this study was to propose a mixture of micronutrients with amino acid-based foliar fertilizer as an alternative to calda vicosa for application in organic agriculture. The study was conducted in two simultaneous trials in an experimental field in Ipeuna, SP, Brazil. The test plant was carioca type dry edible bean cv. Perola. The treatments in trial 1 were: Control 1 = water; FA = JK® amino acid-based foliar fertilizer; and FA+Mi = FA + CuSO 4 + ZnSO 4 + MnSO 4 + H 3 BO 3 . In trial 2, the FA treatment was substituted by calda vicosa (CVi). The treatments were through spray application three times. Dry edible bean leaves were sampled for determination of macronutrient and micronutrient concentrations. Platings of the application rates used in the treatments were performed in the laboratory in a mixture with Bacillus thuringiensis and with Beauveria bassiana to compare the degree of compatibility by means of colony forming units (CFU). The FA+Mi and CVi treatments raised the concentrations of Zn, Cu, and Mn in the leaves. The FA+Mi was compatible, the FA was a stimulant, and the CVi was noxious to B. bassiana and to B. thuringiensis when integrated in the spray mixture.
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