The aim of this work was to evaluate the residual effect of fertilizer applied in potato fields on successive snap bean crop production. The potato, cv. Achat was cultivated in plots with three treatments: 0; 2 and 4 t ha-1 of the formula 4-16-8. After potato harvest, snap bean `Macarrão Rasteiro' was grown in a randomized block design in split plot and four replications. Potato fertilizer was evaluated in the plot and snap bean in the split, the first with and the second without base fertilizer The increase of mineral fertilizer to the potato crop favored a greater residual effect of nutrients, principally exchangeable phosphorus, potassium and calcium in the soil, without alteration of pH in soil. Yield and other characteristics evaluated for snap bean showed a positive increase in function of the residual effect of the fertilization of the potato crop. It is possible to produce snap bean only with potato residual fertilizer.
Phaseolus vulgaris; Solanum tuberosum; successive cultivation; residual fertilizer; yield
