An experiment was carried out in 1997/1998 on Dark Red Latosol (Haplorthox), in Passo Fundo, with pH (H2O) 4.9 and 41.2mmol c de Al3+dm-3, to study the effects of lime, applied on the surface of the soil, and molybdenum, on soybean yields. The residual effect of lime and the reapplication of Mo was studied at the same location, in 1998/1999. The experimental design was the complete randomized block, with four replications. The treatments consisted of: 1) lime + Mo applied on the seeds; 2) lime + foliar application of Mo; 3) lime; 4) Mo applied on soybean seeds; 5) Mo applied on soybean leaves and 6) no lime and no Mo. Lime was applied at a rate of 2t ha-1, at the surface of soil. Molybdenum was applied at the rate of 12g ha-1, on the seeds, and 30g ha-1, when foliar applied, 30-33 days after emergency. Soybean responded to applied Mo, even in the treatments with lime, in both seasons. The results of the two experiments indicated that the superficial application of lime did not release enough Mo for the development of no-tillage soybean in the acid soil used. The fertilization of molybdenum on the seeds or foliar way had the same efficiency.
micronutrients; soybean nodulation; Glycine max
