Abstract
Inoculation of seeds with plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) often increases maize yields in N-deficient soils. However, would yields increase if inoculation with PBPB was made in soils with high organic matter contents receiving N-fertilizer? In this article, we report the results of four field-experiments performed in the Southern Brazil (Campo Largo-PR and Lapa-PR, Brazil) during the growing seasons of 2017/2018 and 2018/2019, including treatments with three doses of N (0, 50 and 100 kg of N ha-1) supplied as (NH4)2SO4, and inoculation of Azospirillum brasilense Abv05 and Abv06, or, of new strains of Bacillus sp. (LGMB 143, LGMB 152, LGMB 319 or LGMB 326). Application of 50 kg N ha-1 increased yields by 32% in Campo Largo, and 16% in Lapa, in relation to non-fertilized plots, but doubling the N fertilization or including PGPB inoculants did not affect crop growth and productivity. The average yields in the plots with N and bacterial inoculation was 8,255 kg ha-1 in Campo Largo and 11,311 kg ha-1 in Lapa. Increases of grain yields were related to increases in plant height, shoot dry matter, ear length and diameter and 1000 grains mass. This study adds to the fact that scientists and farmers should rethink the paradigm of excessive doses of N fertilization on maize. Furthermore, inoculation of maize seeds with PGPB do not increase yields when the N demand of the crop is satisfied via N-fertilization.
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50 kg N per hectare raised yield by 32% in Campo Largo relative to no fertilizer.
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- 50 kg N ha-1e0
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e0“Application of 50 kg N ha-1 increased yields by 32% in Campo Largo, and 16% in Lapa, in relation to non-fertilized plots”
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50 kg N per hectare raised yield by 16% in Lapa relative to no fertilizer.
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- 50 kg N ha-1e0
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- yieldse0
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- increasede0
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- 16%e0
- Comparator
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e0“Application of 50 kg N ha-1 increased yields by 32% in Campo Largo, and 16% in Lapa, in relation to non-fertilized plots”
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Doubling nitrogen fertilization did not affect crop growth and productivity.
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- doubling the N fertilizatione0
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- crop growth and productivitye0
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- did not affecte0
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e0“doubling the N fertilization or including PGPB inoculants did not affect crop growth and productivity.”
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PGPB inoculants did not affect crop growth and productivity.
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- PGPB inoculantse0
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- PGPBe0symbiont
- Outcome
- crop growth and productivitye0
- Direction
- did not affecte0
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e0“doubling the N fertilization or including PGPB inoculants did not affect crop growth and productivity.”
t0“Maize”
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N-fertilized and inoculated plots averaged 8,255 kg ha-1 in Campo Largo.
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e0“The average yields in the plots with N and bacterial inoculation was 8,255 kg ha-1 in Campo Largo and 11,311 kg ha-1 in Lapa.”
t0“Maize”
Claim · model-written summary
N-fertilized and inoculated plots averaged 11,311 kg ha-1 in Lapa.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“The average yields in the plots with N and bacterial inoculation was 8,255 kg ha-1 in Campo Largo and 11,311 kg ha-1 in Lapa.”
t0“Maize”
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Grain yield increases related to increases in height, shoot dry matter, ear size and grain mass.
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- plant height, shoot dry matter, ear length and diameter and 1000 grains masse0
- Outcome
- grain yieldse0
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- Increasese0
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e0“Increases of grain yields were related to increases in plant height, shoot dry matter, ear length and diameter and 1000 grains mass.”
t0“Maize”
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Authors recommend reconsidering excessive nitrogen fertilization on maize.
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- rethink the paradigm of excessive doses of N fertilizatione0
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e0“scientists and farmers should rethink the paradigm of excessive doses of N fertilization on maize.”
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