The objective of this work was to evaluate the contents of nutrients and the physiological quality of seeds from common bean that had leaf application of manganese and zinc. The experiment was carried out at Dystrophic Red-Yellow Latosol 'cerrado' phase, in Ijaci, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. A randomized block design with four replicates was analyzed in a factorial arrangement, being the treatments formed by the combination of five rates of Mn (0, 75, 150, 300 and 600 g ha-1) and five rates of Zn (0, 50, 100, 200 and 400 g ha-1), split in leaf sprayings at 25 and 35 days after emergency. It was evaluated the content of nutrients present in the seeds and its physiological quality, through the standart germination test and vigor test by means of first counting, accelerated aging and electric conductivity. The leaf application of manganese and zinc promoted linear increments in the contents of Mn and Zn in the seeds of bean. The seed contents of N, P, B and Cu were influenced by the application of manganese and zinc. The physiologic quality of seeds was influenced by manganese fertilization, when estimated by the test of electrical conductivity. Zinc did not affect the physiologic quality of bean seeds.
Phaseolus vulgaris; micronutrients; quality of seeds
