Commercial amino acids for yield and its components of common bean Azufrado Reyna in Northern Sinaloa

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the effect of foliar commercial amino acids on yield and its components of common bean Azufrado Reyna under field conditions.

Design/methodology/approach: Randomized complete block design with four replicates and four treatments (three commercial amino acids and a control). Grain yield, aboveground biomass, number of pods and normal seeds per unit surface, number of grains per pod, number of normal seeds per pod, weight of 100 seeds, and individual weight of seed were evaluated.

Results: All biostimulants influenced the increase in grain yield, aboveground biomass, number of normal pods and seeds per unit surface as well as the number of seeds per pod with respect to the control.

Limitations on study/implications: The study only assessed the evaluation of agronomic variables; therefore, it is necessary the measurement of morpho-physiological traits that provide evidence about the benefits of foliar aminoacids on yield and the formation of each component under field conditions.  

Findings/conclusions: Foliar biostimulant application had a positive effect on grain yield and some of its components as compared to the control. The number of normal seeds per normal pod was the variable that showed the highest correlation with grain yield.