ABSTRACT Brazil imports most of the phosphate fertilizers used in agriculture, however, it has national deposits in its territory that can supply part of the domestic market demand. In order of these to be used effectively, it is necessary to identify techniques to accelerate the release of phosphorus (P) from these rocks. The objective was to evaluate the influence of inoculation with phosphate solubilizing bacterial isolates (PSB) and decomposition of different plant residues in the solubilization of Araxá natural phosphate (ANP). Two experiments were carried out in a completely randomized design in a 5 x 4 factorial scheme, with four replicates. The first experiment evaluated the solubilization of ANP by PSB in culture medium with four different sources... |