Nutritional efficiency of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) on an ox i sol and an alfisol, as related to the soil compaction

Abstract

Two cultivars of common bean were grown in soil samples of an Oxisol (LR) and an Alfisol (PVp), with and without fertilizer, subjected to three compaction levels , and confined in 3.8 liter pots. The data showed that with the increase on soil compaction, there was a general tendency, in the above ground part at the end stage, to increase the nutritional efficiency of K and to decrease of the N, P, Mg, Ca, Cu and Fe. The behavior of Zn, B and Mn was influenced more intensively by the soil type, the soil fertility and the cultivar.