Biological technologies show excellent results to manage bean crops in Brazil

Date:10-20-2023

Many Brazilian bean crops still have a low technological level, which represents an important challenge and opportunity for the country's production. Agronomist and Regional Technical Manager of Vittia, Angelo Bini, emphasized that biological technologies have shown excellent results for the crop.

He specifically highlighted the process of co-inoculation, which combines the inoculation of bean seeds with nitrogen-fixing bacteria (N) with the use of Azospirillum. This is a bacterium aids in producing hormones that act on the development of bean roots. "In the face of an increasingly challenging climate scenario for the producer, the potential for bean productivity growth is enormous when linked to technologies for soil and seed management and for warding off pests that threaten the crop," Bini said.

For the Regional Technical Manager of Vittia, "the average bean production in Brazil is very low, and co-inoculation technology has a tremendous potential for increasing productivity."

"In field tests with Vittia technologies, we have recorded more than double the national average productivity. It is also a technology that is easy to apply and low cost, which can be used by both small-scale producers, who cultivate five hectares, and large Cerrado producers, who cultivate thousands of hectares," he stated.

In this context, the specialist highlighted one of the key products for bean co-inoculation: Biomax Premium. Available in liquid and peat versions, it is an inoculant with a high concentration of nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Rhizobium tropici), enabling a high number of bacterial cells in the seeds and ensuring efficient nodulation in bean roots. Studies conducted during the product's approval process by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) demonstrated the differential of Biomax Premium Bean: productivity above 4,000 kilograms per hectare, while the average Brazilian producer's productivity does not even reach half of that.

"The bean plant needs a lot of nitrogen, and one of the most incorrect practices that the producer initiates is not providing this nutrient in sufficient quantity for the plant's development. In fact, in well-managed areas, the producer can replace nitrogen topdressing with co-inoculation, which will lower production costs and increase profitability," Bini said in conclusion.

In cases of sowing under unfavorable conditions, Vittia recommended using inoculants with Max Protection, an additive for inoculants that contained a source of energy for bacteria, protecting and improving their activity and adherence to seeds, ensuring more effective nodulation as well.

(Editing by Leonardo Gottems, reporter for AgroPages)

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