The use of biofertilizers in bee cultivation (phaseolus vulgaris l.)

Abstract

The bean is a strategic crop for Mexico, it represents an important source of occupation and income in the peasant economy and in the diet, it represents the only and main source of proteins for large sectors of the population, it is also a food with important nutraceutical properties . In the south of Veracruz, average yields of 700 kilograms per hectare are obtained, this low productivity is mainly due to the use of regional criollo materials of limited productive capacity and susceptible to diseases and inadequate crop management, so the objective of this study was to determine the yield potency of four genotypes of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), its response to mineral fertilization and the use of biofertilizers, in the municipality of Catemaco, Veracruz. Grain yields ha-1 indicate that there was no difference between genotypes, with average yields of almost 2 t ha-1, almost triple the averages of the region. The use of the formula 40-40-40, almost doubles the yield of the absolute control, the use of biofertilizers also increased the yield and the first-order interaction between genotypes and mineral fertilization, was statistically significant.