Research Article
Preinoculation of Soybean Seeds Treated with Agrichemicals up to 30 Days before Sowing: Technological Innovation for Large-Scale Agriculture
Table 4
Nodule number and biomass of soybean plants from the field experiments.
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
descriptions: (1) Uninoculated, not N-fertilized control, treated seeds; (2) N-fertilized control, treated seeds; (3) Standard peat-based inoculant applied on planting day, treated seeds; (4) Standard liquid inoculant applied on planting day, untreated seeds; (5) Cronos inoculant, two days pre-inoculation, untreated seeds; (6) Cronos inoculant, two days pre-inoculation, treated seeds; (7) Cronos inoculant, four days pre-inoculation, treated seeds; (8) CronosNod technology, seven days pre-inoculation, treated seeds; (9) CronosTSI technology, 30 days pre-inoculation, treated seeds. ●Means followed by the same letter, on the same column, are not significantly different, according to the comparison tests described in the Materials and Methods section. ♠RV1 – experiment conducted in Rio Verde by Instituto Federal Goiano in 2013/2014; RV2 - experiment conducted in Rio Verde by Instituto Federal Goiano in 2014/2015, RV3 – experiment conducted in Rio Verde by Embrapa Soja, CD – experiment conducted in Cachoeira Dourada by Embrapa Soja, CB – experiment conducted in Curitibanos by Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; PA – experiment conducted in Ponte Alta do Norte by Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. ♣NA = not applicable; the treatment was not included at the specific experimental site. |