Evaluating the Yield Performance of Released Sesame Varieties in Western Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Geremedhin, Zerabruk (2024) Evaluating the Yield Performance of Released Sesame Varieties in Western Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International, 25 (5). pp. 112-121. ISSN 2394-1073

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Abstract

The experiment was conducted in western Tigray in Humera and Dansha (Kebabo) area during the main growing season of 2016 under rain fed condition with the aim of evaluating and identifying the well performing and high yielder sesame variety. The experiment consisted of nine varieties laid down in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications, Result of the combined analysis showed highly significant (p<0.01) difference among the varieties in days to flowering, days to maturity, number of branches per plant, number of pods per plant, thousand seeds weight and grain yield. Among the nine sesame varieties the highest mean grain yield was recorded on Setit-2 (1111.89 kg ha-1), Setit-1 (1070.58 kg ha-1), Humera-1(976.42 kg ha-1) and local check (970.20 kg ha-1) followed by Adi (755.42 kg ha-1) whereas the lowest mean grain yield was recorded on Borkena (548.67 kg ha-1), BaHa - Zeyit (548.69 kg ha-1) followed by BaHa- Necho (616.28 kg ha-1) and Gonder-1 (683.09 kg ha-1). This indicated that the verities released by Humera Agricultural Research Center and the local check (Hirhir) were highly performed in Humera. Therefore, even though they were statically similar; Setit-2 was recently released and it can be concluded that variety Setit-2 well performed and can be recommended for the growers in the study area.

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Subjects: Science Global Plos > Agricultural and Food Science
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Date Deposited: 18 Oct 2024 09:39
Last Modified: 18 Oct 2024 09:39
URI: http://ebooks.manu2sent.com/id/eprint/2786

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