To increase agricultural productivity in the country, studies are needed to improve the utilization of mineral fertilizers in order to produce grains with improved nutritional quality. The study aimed to evaluate the content and accumulation of protein, ash and nutrients in corn grains from plants inoculated with Pseudomonas fluorescens and grown under different levels of NPK fertilizer in the soil. We tested six treatments in a randomized complete block design in a factorial 3 x 2, three levels of chemical fertilizer NPK (0, 125 and 250 kg ha-1) and two levels of inoculation using P. fluorecens (with and without), with four replicates, in a Oxisol, using the maize hybrid 30F35. The content and accumulation of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn, protein and ash content of the grains were evaluated. The data were submitted to Anova and means compared by the Tukey test p<0.05. The application of Pseudomonas fluorescens via inoculation increased the P and K of corn, regardless of fertilization levels. The contents of nutrient, protein and ash of corn were not influenced by the levels of mineral fertilization, except for Cu which increased with increasing levels of fertilization.
Zea mays; Pseudomonas fluorescens; macronutrients; micronutrients; nutritional quality
