Agronomic performance of vegetable soybean genotypes cultivated in the recôncavo Baiano, Brazil

Abstract

The objective of present study was to evaluate the components of production and productivity of four vegetable soybean genotypes grown in the recôncavo Baiano. The experiment was carried in the experimental field of the Center of Agricultural, Environmental and Biological Sciences of Federal University of Recôncavo of Bahia. The experimental design consisted of randomised blocks with seven replications. Four vegetable soybean genotypes: JLM 17, BR 94, BRS 267 and BRS 258, were evaluated in crop years 2010 and 2011. The total number of pods and total number of grains per plant, weight of 100 grains and immature grain yield (kg ha^-1) were determined. The data were subjected to analysis of variance, and means were compared by Tukey test at 5% probability. There is variation in yield components between genotypes, which showed compensation effect for production components providing a uniform grain yield at end. The productivity found, highlight the BRS 267 as more promising for the region.