Abstract

The objective was to evaluate the efficiency in parameters of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) of new strains of Azospirillum for coinoculation with Bradyrhizobium in soybean. For this, a fiel experimentw was set up with the following treatments: 1 - negative control without inoculant; 2 - positive control com 200 kg ha-1 of chemical nitrogen fertilizer; 3- inoculation with Bradyrhizobium (B); 4 -coinoculation of B with Azospirillum brasilense; 5 - coinoculation B + strain 1; 6 - coinoculation B + strain 2; T7 - coinoculation B + strain 3 and 8 - coinoculation B + strains 1, 2 and 3. At flowering, 5 plants were collected per experimental plot. The evaluated parameters were: number and dry mass of nodules on the main root (NMR, DMMR), on the secondary roots (NSR, DMSR) and total (NTR, DMTR); dry mass of aerial part (DMAP) and of the root (DMR). In relation to NSR and NTR, treatment 4 provided a greater increment of nodules in the secondary roots and a total of respectively 25 and 31,87 nodules plant-1 in relation to the others tested. For NMR treatments 3 and 4 were similar with means of 6,7 and 6,87 nodules plant-1, not statistically diferente from treatments with others Azospirillum strains (5, 6 and 7). As for DMMR, DMSR and DMTR, 4 and 3 stood out in relation to these parameters and were superior to treatments (5, 6, 7 and 8). Only for DMR and DMAP chemical nitrogen fertilization (2) stood out statistically, with the first parameter statistically similar to treatment 4 and second to treatment 8. It can be concluded that the new strains did not stand out in the parameters of BNF, with coinoculation with Azospirillum brasilense more efficient. Keywords: Lineage selection, Mixed inoculation, Glycine max.

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