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ESCALANTE-ESTRADA, José A; RODRIGUEZ-GONZALEZ, María T  y  ESCALANTE-ESTRADA, Yolanda I. Nitrogen, distance between furrows, grain yield, and water productivity in two bean cultivars. Bioagro [online]. 2015, vol.27, n.2, pp.75-82. ISSN 1316-3361.

The management of agricultural practices has been considered a strategy to increase bean yield. Thus, the objective of this study was to determine, the effect of distance between rows and the N application on the water productivity, biomass, nitrogen extraction, grain yield and protein yield in cultivars of beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) with different growth habit (GH). The experiment was conducted under conditions of rainy season and field during 2011 in Montecillo Mex., México, with mild climate. Treatments consisted in planting on 8 may, the cultivar Cacahuate 72 GH determinate type I and Michoacán 12-A-3 GH indeterminate shrub type II; with 0-100 kg N ha^-1 to 80 cm and 40 cm distance between furrows and 15 cm between plants. Experimental design was randomized blocks in arrangement of split-split plots with four replications. Bean Michoacán 12-A-3 behaved as a late cultivar and surpassed in intercepted radiation, water productivity, biomass, nitrogen extraction and grain and protein yield to Cacahuate 72. These variables and water productivity were higher when reducing the distance between rows and nitrogen fertilization. The number of pods, seed number and nitrogen extraction presented high relationship with grain yield. These results indicate that through management of agricultural practices it can be improved water productivity, dry matter or biomass production, nitrogen extraction, and grain and protein yield of dry beans.

Palabras clave : Intercepted radiation; Phaseolus vulgaris; phenology; water potential.

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