Evaluation of Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp) Genotypes for Grain Yield and Yield Components at Jinka South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

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• Volume 1,Issue 5, Sept. 2014

Year:

2014

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

Evaluation, Genotypes, Pigeon Pea, Yield Components, Yield

Authors:

Shiferaw, Wondewosen; Yoseph, Tekle; Simon, Tibebu; Sorsa, Zemach

Journal:

IJRAS

Volume:

1

Number:

5

Pages:

297-300

Month:

September

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Abstract:

Evaluation the performance of pigeon pea genotypes for yield and yield components were not conducted in the studied area. As a result, Eighty one pigeon pea genotypes were tested in Augmented at Jinka Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia during 2007 cropping season The analysis of variance revealed highly significant difference (p≤ 0.01) for all studied traits .Therefore, the present study indicated that there is sufficient genetic diversity in pigeon pea germplasm that could be used as a base for improvement of the yield and other important attributes of this crop through direct selection and hybridization. Future work may also proceed in collecting and characterizing all the pigeon pea germplasms found in Ethiopia and developing short duration and high yielding varieties.

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