Effect of biofertilizers and conservation agriculture in wheat production on Vertisol soil

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https://doi.org/10.28940/terra.v38i3.649

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biological nitrogen f ixation, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, cultivation production, Triticum aestivum

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This study performed two assays to analyze the effect of inoculating mycorrhizal fungi on wheat production during winter both by rotating crop and increasing fertilizer doses to implement agricultural conservation practices. The following treatments were established for the f irst assay: (1) wheat inoculation with mycorrhizal fungus Glomus mosseae without fertilizer; (2) application of 200 units of N ha-1 without inoculation; (3) inoculation + 100 units of N ha-1; (4) application of 100 units of N ha-1 without inoculation; (5) inoculation + 150 units of N ha-1; (6) application of 150 units of N without inoculation. The second assay assessed the response of wheat production to the two preceding crop rotations: maize‑wheat (G-G) and bean-wheat (L-G) and four increasing nitrogen fertilization doses: 0, 100, 150, and 200 units ha-1. With the inoculation of G. mosseae + 75% of nitrogen fertilization, wheat production had the greatest grain yield (5.6 Mg ha-1) and was 36% greater than the control group with the application of only 100% fertilizer without inoculant. Wheat inoculation without nitrogen fertilizer had the lowest production (2.6 Mg ha-1). On the other hand, wheat production with L-G rotation had a better response (R2 = 0.72) at increasing N doses where the greatest grain yield was obtained with 4.7 Mg ha-1 and only 150 units of N ha-1, which corresponded to 1 Mg ha-1 more compared with the maximum wheat production obtained in the G-G rotation with 2000 units of N ha-1. The use of inoculated biofertilizers, such as mycorrhizal fungi or by the effect of crop rotation with legumes, such as bean, requires supplementary N dosage to boost wheat production; however, it is feasible to decrease nitrogen fertilizer dosage to 25%.

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Aurelio Báez-Pérez, INIFAP

Investigador titular C del Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones, Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Campo Experimental Bajío. Programa de fertilidad de suelos y nutrición vegetal. Responsable del Laboratorio de fertilidad de suelos.

Agustín Limón-Ortega, INIFAP

Investigador titular C del Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones, Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Campo Experimental Valle de México

César Eduardo Ramírez-Barrientos, Instituto Tecnológico del Valle Morelia

Profesor de Instituto Tecnológico del Valle Morelia

Irma Agustina Ortega-Villalobos, Instituto Tecnológico del Valle Morelia

Profesora del Instituto Tecnológico del Valle Morelia

Edgar Adrián Olivares-Arreola, Instituto Tecnológico Nacional de México

Estudiante de maestría del Instituto Tecnológico Nacional de México

Published

2020-07-28

How to Cite

Báez-Pérez, A., Limón-Ortega, A., Ramírez-Barrientos, C. E., Ortega-Villalobos, I. A., & Olivares-Arreola, E. A. (2020). Effect of biofertilizers and conservation agriculture in wheat production on Vertisol soil. REVISTA TERRA LATINOAMERICANA, 38(3), 569–581. https://doi.org/10.28940/terra.v38i3.649

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