Assessment of the Effects of Seed Storage Time on Germination Rate and Performance Evaluation of Ethiopian Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) Varieties for Yield and Related Traits.

ABSTRACT: In Ethiopia, faba bean (Vicia faba L.) varieties are important and widely used as a source of food and cash source to large number of subsistence farmers. However, their production and productivity is below the world's average partly because of lack of their sustainable performance in the current scenario of climate change. Therefore, the present study was designed to test the effects of seed storage time and to evaluate the performance of 31 faba bean varieties collected from Holeta, Kulumsa and Sinana agricultural research systems, Ethiopia. The study involved germination test and field experiment that was laid out using randomized complete block design (RCBD) and conducted at multiple test locations. Data were collected on qualitative and quantitative traits and analyzed using SA

SUBMITTER: Gadissa F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9098359 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature