Abstract: Okra is a traditional vegetable crop in northwestern Ethiopia but it has not given research attention and considered a minor crop. Thus this research was conducted to characterize and evaluate okra landraces and to estimate genotypic, phenotypic variability and genetic divergence and to estimate heritability and genetic advance under selection, degree of genotypic and phenotypic associations among yield and yield related traits. A total of 35 okra landraces from three districts (Gu...
Abstract: Peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) is among the most important stone fruits which is widely grown in temperate regions. There is a growing interest in the production of peach, especially in the highland areas of Ethiopia where the crop is well adapted. However, marketing of peach fruits like other fresh produce in Ethiopia is complicated by high postharvest losses. Although peach varieties have been introduced and studied for their productivity, their postharvest quality has not been...
Abstract: Tomato is widely grown vegetables in southern Ethiopia produced by small farmers for fresh fruit and for cash-generating for growers. However, the productivity of the crop is low due to many constraints of which inappropriate types and rates of fertilizer used irrespective of varietal and soil type differences are among the major constrains. Hence, field experiment was carried out in 2018/2019 cropping season to assess the effect of NPSBZn fertilizer rate on yield, yield related tr...
Abstract: Assessment of genetic variability in crop species is one of the major activities of plant breeding which helps to design breeding methods and/or selection of genotypes for further evaluation to meet the diversified goals. Therefore, this field experiment was conducted to assess genetic variability for agronomic and grain quality traits and estimate the association among the traits, and to determine the direct and indirect effects of traits on grain yield of bread wheat genotypes. T...
Abstract: Bread wheat is one of the most important cereal crop produced in almost all agro-ecologies of Ethiopia. Assessment of genetic variability in crop species is one of the major activities of plant breeding which helps to design breeding methods of genotypes for further evaluation to meet the diversified goals.Therefore the field experiment was conducted to estimategenetic variability, association of traits, determining their direct and indirect effecton grain yield and to identify pri...
Abstract: Thirty six bread wheat genotypes were tested to assess the genetic variability and genetic diversity among genotypes using triple lattice design at Bena-Tsemay district Weyito Nasa Agricultural Farm in 2020 under irrigation condition. The analysis of variance revealed highly significant variation among the genotypes for days to heading, grain filling period, days to maturity, plant height, spike length, number of spikes, number of kernels, 1000 seed weight, and grain yield. Wide ra...
Abstract: Chickpea is an important pulse crop in Ethiopia; however, the production of the crop is not at its potential due to many constraints of which limited availability of high yielding varieties. Thus the main objectives of this study were to estimate genetic variability and assess associations of yield and yield related traits of chickpea genotypes. Forty nine kabuli chickpea genotypes were evaluated for 13 traits in 2019/20 at Arsi Robe using 7x 7 simple lattice designs with two repli...
Abstract: Finger millet is adaptability to adverse agro-ecological conditions with low input, tolerant to moisture stress and plays a significant role both as food grain and animal feed in areas where production of other cereals are reduced by marginal environments. The national and regional research centers recommended considerable numbers of varieties to varied agro- ecologies to increase the productivity of finger millet. Hence, it is necessary further evaluation of varieties for stabilit...
Abstract: Thirty six bread wheat genotypes were tested to assess the genetic variability and genetic diversity among genotypes using triple lattice design at Bena-Tsemay district Weyito Nasa Agricultural Farm in 2020 under irrigation condition. The analysis of variance revealed highly significant variation among the genotypes for days to heading, grain filling period, days to maturity, plant height, spike length, number of spikes, number of kernels, 1000 seed weight, and grain yield. Wide ra...
Abstract: Assessment of genetic variability in crop species is one of the major activities of plant breeding which helps to design breeding methods and/or selection of genotypes for further evaluation to meet the diversified goals. Therefore, this field experiment was conducted to assess genetic variability for agronomic and grain quality traits and estimate the association among the traits, and to determine the direct and indirect effects of traits on grain yield of bread wheat genotypes. T...
Abstract: Finger millet is adaptability to adverse agro-ecological conditions with low input, tolerant to moisture stress and plays a significant role both as food grain and animal feed in areas where production of other cereals are reduced by marginal environments. The national and regional research centers recommended considerable numbers of varieties to varied agro- ecologies to increase the productivity of finger millet. Hence, it is necessary further evaluation of varieties for stabilit...
Abstract: production. Therefore, the present study was conducted at Melkasa Agricultural Research Center, Meiso substation in 2018 main cropping season using 20 common bean accessions to estimate genetic variability and associations among yield and yield related traits. The experiment was laid out as randomized complete block design with three replications. Data were collected for 13 quantitative traits including plant height, number of primary branches, number of pods per plant, pod length,...
Abstract: Chaya known as spinach tree, rich in vitamins and minerals, can grow under drought, low soil fertility conditions and tolerant to insect pest and could be used to tackle malnutrition problem in eastern Ethiopia. Thus the first step is to establish the propagation and field establishment method. This experiment was conducted to assess effect of rooting media, number of nodes and farm yard manure (FYM) on rooting, seedling establishment and early growth of chaya at farm at Dire Dawa ...
Abstract: Onion (Allium cepa L.) is an important vegetable crop in Ethiopia. However, the yields of the bulb crop as well as seed are often constrained by low and imbalanced nutrient supply in soil particularly nitrogen and phosphorus. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted at the research station of Shire-Maitsebri Agricultural Research Center (SMARC), located in Tselemti Woreda to study the effect of inorganic NP fertilizers and vermicompost on growth, seed yield and seed quality of o...
Abstract: Okra [Abelmoschus esculentus (L). Moench] is one of indigenous and endemic genetic resource of Ethiopia as well as Benishangul Gumuz. However, only few studies were carried out to assess its diversity and performance throughout the country and specifically no research conducted to assess diversity of okra within regional state. Therefore, this study was conducted with the objective to assessing the genetic divergence and estimate the genetic variability components in okra genotypes...