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Application of Zn had a significantly positive effect on grain Zn concentrations and also on grain yield especially under Zn deficient conditions. The amount of Zn required to alleviate Zn deficiency varied with severity of deficiency, soil types, nature of crops and cultivars. The response of chickpea varieties to Zn nutrition was studied in pots and on...

To feed the ever-increasing population, increase productivity per unit area is one of the most attractive strategies. Intercropping is considered a promising system for increasing crop productivity and land-use efficiency. A field study was conducted to evaluate the effect of different crop combinations of wheat-lentil on the productivity of wheat...

with a check variety for growth, yield and quality performances at four locations for two crop cycles. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replications. The results revealed significant varietal differences in plant height, days to shooting, time from planting to harvest, bunch weight, finger diameter, length and...

Phosphorus response on yield of chick pea

To determine the effects of coffee husk compost and agricultural lime amendments on acidic soil and thus to contribute to sustainable soil fertility management

Resistance to late blight disease in potato varieties is broken down due to the emergence of virulent races of Phytophthora infestans. There is no variety grown without fungicide spray. Chemicals pose a serious threat to the environment and human health. Laboratory study was conducted at Adet plant pathology lab in 2018 and field studies were conducted at...

Survey-based study was undertaken to explore the potentials of indigenous goat populations of South Gondar zone based on morphometric traits and body indices. Reproductive traits were obtained from 153 households through questionnaire while morphometric measurements were taken from 510 goats of both sexes drawn from Farta (n=152), Fogera (n=154) and...

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In multi-location experimental trials, test locations must be selected to properly discriminate between varieties and to be representative of the target regions. The objective of this study were to evaluate test locations in terms of discrimination ability, representativeness, and desirability, and to investigate the presence of mega-environments using...

Castor varieties are tall in plant height which makes them difficult for harvesting. A study was carried out to investigate the inheritance of plant height among two tall Castor varieties Hiruy and Abaro and one dwarf experimental line MD-1 during 2012 to 2014 at Melkassa. The F1 from reciprocal crosses of Abaro and Hiruy with MD 1 were all tall. The F2...

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 Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) Hendel, has become the major pest of fruits in tropical Africa. The objective of the study was to evaluate the virulence of Ethiopian origin entomopathogenic fungal isolates of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo-Crivelli) Vuillemin and Metarhizium anisopliae (Metchnikoff) Sorokin against the...

The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the effect of body condition score (BCS) and short-term supplementation with high levels of energy and protein sources on the reproductive performance of 180 does consisting of 90 Spanish and 90 Spanish x Boer (60 ½ Boer = F1-cross; and 30 ¾ Boer = F2-cross) genotypes. Each of the 3 genotypes was equally...

The efficacy of six Beauveriabassiana and nine Metarhiziumanisopliae isolates of Ethiopian origin were bioassayed in the laboratory replicated 4 times for their lethal effects against the adult of Tetranychusurticae with the aim to incorporate as bio- agent component for IPM of the two spider mites. All the tested isolates were pathogenic tothe two...

Precision Agriculture (PA) includes several techniques, technologies and management factors aimed at addressing field variation that affect crop yield by using more precise land leveling, seeding, fertilizer application, irrigation and pesticide use in order to optimize crop production, improve profitability and reduce environmental risk. PA recognizes...

In low-moisture stress areas with unpredictable rain-free season, high-plant population is suggested for screening maize genotypes with tolerance to drought at flowering as alternative to stressed normal plant density. To confirm efficiency of this option, randomly derived 196 S1 lines from A-511 Maize Population were tested at two plant densities in...

Tomato is an important cash crop in Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia and currently plant spacing practiced by growers quite different from research recommendation. Field experiment was carried out at Melkassa Agricultural Research Center, in the year 2011/12 and 2012/13 off seasons with the objectives of evaluating the effect of four inter-row spacings...

Rice is becoming an enterprise of choice in the Ethiopian farming system. The Fogera plain accounts for 68% of the area and 71% of the production of rice in the country. This paper attempts to explain why a single cultivar called ‘X-Jigna’ has dominated the lowland rice production portfolio of the Fogera plain in the country for more than 30 years and...

There is considerable debate over the importance of losses associated with insect pests of stored wheat at the farm level in Ethiopia. A survey was conducted to assess the most significant insects and losses of farm-stored wheat in five districts in Amhara, Oromiya, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples, and Tigray regional states of Ethiopia during...