Effect of Spacing on the Growth Parameters of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulguris L.) at Keker, Southwestern Ethiopia

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• Volume 1,Issue 5, Sept. 2014

Year:

2014

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

Common Bean, Growth Parameters, Spacing

Authors:

Woldesenbet, Mitiku

Journal:

IJRAS

Volume:

1

Number:

5

Pages:

283-286

Month:

September

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Abstract:

Establishment of optimum plant population per unit area of the field is essential to get maximum yield. Field experiment was carried out to select the best spacing that maximize the growth parameters and to compare different spacing effect with recommended spacing on common bean in 2012 cropping season at Keker, Mizan-Tepi University, Southwestern, Ethiopia. The experiment was conducted using randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications and with the following treatments. A common bean variety “Nasir” seed was used for the experiment. Significant differences in growth parameter were occurred due to the treatments. A common bean planted with 30cm X 5 cm spacing gave significantly higher plant height (105.83cm) compared to the others. However, a common bean planted with 50 cm X 15 cm spacing produced significantly more number of leaves (76.17) than others. The time required to reach 50% date of flowering increase with increase in spacing. A common bean planted with 50 cm X 15 cm, 40 cm X 15 cm, 40 cm X 10cm. 40 cm X 5cm and 30 cm X 5cm reached 50% flowering 34, 36, 38, 39, 40 days after sowing, respectively. Therefore, it could be concluded that the improved common bean variety “Nasir” could be planted at optimum spacing of 40 cm X 15 cm to attain maximum yield. It is further recommended that these results are from only one season at one site and hence such studies may be repeated in space and time to reach at concrete recommendations.

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