DEVELOPMENT OF CORN (ZEA MAYS L.) IN DIFFERENT DOSAGES OF AZOSPIRILLUM

Abstract

Corn crops play an important role in crop rotation and direct seeding systems, and are also a main source of income for small farms. Bacteria of the genus Azospirillum can be inoculated into plants of agronomic interest, stimulating their growth through multiple mechanisms, including phytohormone synthesis, improved nitrogen nutrition, stress mitigation, and biological control of pathogenic microbiota (BASHAN AND BASHAN, 2010). It is important to invest in technologies to reduce costs and maintain productivity. Thus, agricultural research continues to explore innovative approaches to improve their growth and development. The objective of this research is to evaluate the growth of young corn plants when subjected to Azospirillum at two different doses, one of 300 ml and the other of 450 ml per hectare. The experimental design was a division of the area into 3 experimental plots of uniform size, each measuring 10 m by 6 m, with 10 rows containing 1 meter between rows with 3 seeds per meter.