The experiment was carried out on a dark-red latosol of Jaboticabal - SP, Brazil, in order to evaluate the effects of different rates of lime and gypsum on the chemical characteristics of the soil and of the agronomic and technological characteristics of dry beans. The research was conducted as a factorial experiment in a randomized complete block, with three rates of lime (0; 1.4 and 2.4 t/ha) and four rates of gypsum (0, 130, 260 and 390 kg/ha) with three replications, totallizing 36 experimental plots. The lime rates caused an increase of soil exchangeable Mg, of pH values and of V%, and a sensible decrease of the H+Al values. The gypsum rates promoted higher values of soil exchangeable K in the 20-40 cm layer; leaf contents of Mg increased and Mn contents decreased as the lime rates increased. The lime and gypsum rates led to longer cooking time of the dry beans.
dry bean; lime; gypsum
