The climatic factor exerts great influence in common bean seed production, but other factors such as the action of the soil environment, consequence of its handling[management?], associated with adequate plant nutrition, especially nitrogen, can cause expressive results in yield and also in attaining a better quality product. The objective of this study was to evaluate yield and physiological quality of common bean seeds in function of two soil tillage systems (conventional tillage and no tillage) and nitrogen topdressing levels (0, 40, 80, 120 and 160kg.ha-1 N) in a randomized block design in split-splot scheme, with four replications. It was verified that yield is influenced positively by nitrogen topdressing in the conventional tillage and in the no tillage systems. The conventional tillage system presented higher productivity at higher levels of nitrogen topdressing used. The addition of levels of nitrogen topdressing also increased seed germination and vigor. Conventional tillage promoted seeds of higher physiological quality, expressed by germination and accelerated aging tests.
Phaseolus vulgaris; yield; germination; vigor
