Hydrology: Current Research

Demelash Bassa

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• Research Article
  Farmers Participatory Evaluation of Chickpea Varieties in Mirab Badwacho and Damot Fullasa Districts of Southern Ethiopia
  Author(s): Yasin Goa, Demelash Bassa, Genene Gezahagn and Mekasha ChichaybelewYasin Goa, Demelash Bassa, Genene Gezahagn and Mekasha Chichaybelew
  
  Chickpea is one of the grain food legumes contributing an enormous amount of protein to the human diet in Southern Ethiopia. Though a lot of improved varieties were released by research centers farmers depend on low yield and local varieties. Hence, participatory variety selection is one of the methods used to evaluate varieties through involvement of users. Participatory Variety Selection (PVS) were conducted during 2015/2016 in Mirab Badwacho and Damot Fullasa districts of South region, Ethiopia to assess the performance of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) varieties and to evaluate farmers’ selection criteria for chickpea. Six improved varieties with local check were laid out in a randomized complete block design with four replications. Significant variation among chickpea varieties were observed for most the agronomic traits collected except for number of pod per plant .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7587.1000264

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