This work was carried out to evaluate the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cv. Carioca Precoce response to nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) fertilization, in the North Region of Minas Gerais. The trial was carried out in the winter-spring season, 2008, using a randomized block design with three replicates. Treatments were arranged in a 4x4 factorial scheme, with four N rates: 0, 70, 140 and 210 kg ha-1; and four P rates : 0, 100, 200 and 300 kg ha-1 of P2O5. Urea and simple superphosphate were used as N and P sources, respectively. Increasing N rates linearly reduced the initial stand of common bean, without influence of P rates. The number of pods per plant was the only yield component affected by fertilizer application, only for N rates, with the maximum number achieved at the rate of 108 kg ha-1. The quadratic yield response was adjusted to the different rates of N and P, with maximum yield (1.528 kg ha-1) achieved with 98 kg ha-1 of N and 201 kg ha-1 of P, without interaction between them.
Phaseolus vulgaris L.; nutrition; urea; conventional crop
