Tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter], is a staple food crop of Ethiopians that originated and diversified in Ethiopia. It has existed in Ethiopia throughout recorded history. Annually, it occupies 3.02 million hectares thereby ranking first among all cereals cultivated in the country. However, the national average yield of tef is low 1.6 t ha-1. The use...

This study evaluated the effect of bovine breed on milk composition under the same environmental conditions. Thirty two dairy cattle breeds of Holstein Friesian, Ethiopian Ogaden cattle, Jersey x Horro crosses, and Holstein Friesian x Jersey x Horro crosses were used in the study. Eight cows in early lactation stage and with the same parity were...

The study was conducted to evaluate peach varieties for their growth, yield and quality performance under Holetta condition. The treatments consisted of six peach varieties including McRed (standard check). The trial was laid in randomized complete block design with three replications. The result indicated statistically similar tree height across the...

The aim of this study was to select the most effective water-saving techniques and improve the water use efficiency of irrigated onions under limited agricultural water availability. The experiment was conducted in split plot design with three types of furrow irrigation methods and mulch types in three replications. The result revealed that different...

New fertilizer testing result

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the growth performance and carcass yield of Arsi-Bale sheep fed on lentil straw with concentrate supplementation. The dietary treatments were: lentil straw with concentrate supplement at 250 (T1), 300 (T2), 350 (T3), 400(T4) and 450 (T5) g lamb/day. Thirty-five yearlings Arsi-Bale lambs with initial body weight of...

raw data collected to select salt tolerant wheat varieties

Tef is one of the main cereal crops and its injera is the major staple food for the majority of Ethiopians. Tef grain physical quality especially color is an important attribute influencing preference of consumers, the market prices and nutritional quality. However, the effect of the growing environment and the genotype on its physicochemical quality is...

Research experiment conducted for the evaluation of vermicompost rates and period of application on hot pepper and soil fertility status after the harvesting at Asossa, Western Ethiopia

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Many plant virus diseases that have either newly emerged or expanded their distribution in the last two decades are causing tremendous crop losses to Ethiopian agriculture. The eight most significant of these are maize lethal necrosis (MLN), sweet potato virus (SPV), tobacco bushy top (TBT), tomato yellow leaf curl, legume stunt, faba bean necrotic...

The potentials of lime to restore soil health and fertility of the acidic soils is one of the best options of sustainable soil fertility management practices. However, the liming effects depend on its source, composition, purity, and fineness. The study initiated to evaluate the effectiveness of different lime materials produced in Ethiopia. Lime samples...

ABSTRACT Rice storage has significant effect on rice quality. During storage rice undergoes a process called rice ageing. Rice ageing is a complicated process which is classified as natural ageing and artificial ageing process, during this process changes in the physical, chemical and physicochemical properties of rice occurs. This research mainly focused...

A field experiment was carried out in 2017 and 2018 main cropping seasons in Ofla and Emba Alaje Woredas in Tigray Regional State, Ethiopia. The experiment has seven levels of NPSZn (0, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, kg ha-1) adjusted for N from urea to the recommended N level (64 kg N ha-1) and the recommended P fertilizers (46 kg P2O5 ha-1). The...

Enset (Ensete ventricosum) bacterial wilt (EBW), caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum, is one of the highly destructive diseases of enset in Ethiopia. Field survey was conducted to determine the distribution of EBW and its association with biophysical variables in Southwestern Ethiopia. In the survey, 120 enset fields in 10 major enset growing...

Although soil and agronomy data collection in Ethiopia has begun over 60 years ago, the data are hardly accessible as they are scattered across different organizations, mostly held in the hands of individuals (Ashenafi et al.,2020; Tamene et al.,2022), which makes them vulnerable to permanent loss. Cognizant of the problem, the Coalition of the Willing...

Although soil and agronomy data collection in Ethiopia has begun over 60 years ago, the data are hardly accessible as they are scattered across different organizations, mostly held in the hands of individuals (Ashenafi et al.,2020; Tamene et al.,2022), which makes them vulnerable to permanent loss. Cognizant of the problem, the Coalition of the Willing...

The current study was designed to evaluate and ascertain genetic transformability of regenerable genotypes using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation method and to identify genotype(s) which can be used as better transgene recipient in future research. The super virulent Agrobacterium strain EHA 101 harbouring the binary vector pNOVIPT1 carrying the 4...

The study was conducted at Holetta Research Center to evaluate growth performance and economic feasibility of fattening 50 and 75% Friesian-Boran growing crossbred bull calves for the period of 626 days. Twenty-four 50% Frisian-Boran crossbred weaned male calves and another twenty- four 75% Frisian-Boran crossbred growing weaned calves reared at Holetta...

Inspired by the current vulnerability of pastoral households, this study was carried out in Chifra district of Afar National Regional State; Ethiopia, with specific objectives of assessing the status of food security, the local food insecurity coping strategies employed by different food security status groups and identifying the major determinants of...