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Evaluation of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) varieties to the yield performance under rain fed condition in highland area of Ari Zone, South Ethiopia


Author: Temesgen Jerjero* and Wondimu Adila
Department of plant breeding, South Ethiopia Agricultural Research Institute Jinka Agricultural Research Center, Jinka, Ethiopia.
Published Date: 2024-01-17
Keywords: Evaluation, growth parameter, improved varieties and grain yield.
Abstract:
Lentil is grouped under legumes and cultivated in most parts of Ethiopia and used as food crop. The production and productivity of the crop was challenged due to improved varieties. The objective of this study was to select the best performing varieties in Debube Ari District at Geder kebele during 2022 and 2023 cropping seasons. The research experiment was done using randomized complete block design with three replications. Five recently released varieties including famer used local cultivar were evaluated. The recently released varieties which were evaluated in the experiment were: - Jihru, Alemaya, EL-142, Bareda, Derash and one local cultivar. The analysis of combined result indicates as , statically there were significant variation were recorded to the days to maturity, number of pod per plant , number of seed per pod , grain yield and thousand seed weight. While, none significant difference variation were recorded to the parameters height of plant and primary branches per plant number. .From evaluated varieties, variety Bareda (893.42 kg/ha) and variety Alemaya (798.39kg/ha) records the maximum grain yield and yield components while variety Derash (517.33 kg/ha) records the minimum yield. Therefore, these varieties Bareda and Alemaya were recommended for the production. Further research will be very important on evaluation of different recently released varieties and making strong recommendation and conclusion for the target areas to increase the production of lentil.