Irrigation & Drainage Systems Engineering

Department of Irrigation and Water Harvesting, Kulumsa Agricultural Research Center, Asella, Ethiopia

Publications

• Research Article   
  Effect of Moisture Stress at Different Growth Stage on Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Yield and Water Productivity at Kulumsa, Ethiopia
  Author(s): Mehiret Hone*, Bakasho Iticha and Samuel Lindi
  
  Water shortage is one of the major challenges faced by the current agricultural systems worldwide, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. The response of potato crops to moisture stress was evaluated in Ziway Dugda district for two consecutive years during the dry season. The objective of the study was to determine the effect of soil moisture stress at different growth stages on the yield and water productivity of potatoes. Fifteen treatments were combined and imposed at four growth stages. The experiment was arranged in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. The combined result of two years indicated that, moisture stress imposed at different growth stages significantly (P<0.05) affected potato tuber yield, and water productivity. The highest tuber yield (19,521 kg/ha) was obtained at control treatments where all the growth stage is irrigated, this r.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2168-9768.2022.11.381

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