%0 Journal Article %T Rendimento de feij£¿o-vagem em fun£¿£¿o de doses de K2O %A Oliveira %A Ademar Pereira de %A Silva %A Jandi¨º Ara¨²jo %A Alves %A Adriana Ursulina %A Dorneles %A Carina Seixas M %A Alves %A Anarlete Ursulino %A Oliveira %A Arnaldo Nonato P. de %A Cardoso %A Edson A. %A Cruz %A Iordam da Silva %J Horticultura Brasileira %D 2007 %I Associa??o Brasileira de Olericultura %R 10.1590/S0102-05362007000100007 %X aiming to evaluate the effect of k2o levels on the increase of snap bean yield, an experiment was performed in para¨ªba state, brazil, in a quartz psamment soil. the experimental design was of randomized blocks, with six treatments (0; 50; 100; 150; 200 and 250 kg ha-1 of k2o), in four replications. each plot contained 40 plants spaced 1.0 m x 0.2 m. pods maximum number/plant (20 pods) and the maximum yield/plant (171 g), were obtained, respectively with 145 and 173 kg ha-1 of k2o, and pods yield reached maximum value around 25,3 t ha-1 at the level of 171 kg ha-1 of k2o. the most economic level of k2o for the production of pods was of 165 kg ha-1. the most economic level represented 96% comparing to that responsible for maximum pods production. the k2o levels that obtained maximum pods production and economic return were correlated, respectively, with 181 and 176 mg dm-3 of k available for the extractor mehlich 1. %K phaseolus vulgaris l %K mineral fertilization %K yield %K economic return %K potassium fertilization. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-05362007000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en