Abstract: One of the basic agronomic practices to improve the yield potential of common bean is identification of optimum plant spacing. Thus, field experiment was conducted to assess the effect of inter-row and intra-row spacing on the yield and yield components of common bean using variety Dursitu (DOR-811) at Chiro District in eastern Ethiopia. The treatment consisted of four inter- row (20, 30, 40 and 50cm) and four intra- row (5, 10, 15 and 20 cm) spacing arranged in factorial combinati...
Abstract: Maize is one of the most important food crops grown in Oromia region of Ethiopia and is produced in different agro-ecologies in the region. However, its productivity is constrained by a number of problems. Among the several constraints in maize production, application of different blended NPS rates and planting space are the most important ones. A field experiment was conducted at Gamta Hamuma Kebele in Nedjo District, West Wollega Zone, western Ethiopia to assess the effects of ap...
Abstract: Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is highly preferred by Ethiopian farmers because of its fast maturing characteristics that enable households to get cash income required to purchase food and household needs when other crops have not yet matured. However, the current national average yield of common bean is far less than the attainable yield under good management conditions for most improved varieties. This low yield of common bean in Ethiopia is attributed to several production ...
Abstract: Maize production plays vital role for the producers of the study area in serving as staple food. However, its productivity is constrained by a number of factors out of which optimum spacing is among the most important production factors. The Objective of the experiment was to investigate the influence of inter and intra-row spacing on yield components and grain yield of maize in 2019 cropping season at Chinaksen, East Hararghe Zone, eastern Ethiopia. The experiment was arranged in ...
Abstract: Accurate estimation of crop water requirements is crucial for better water-use efficiency and better planning of irrigation water resources. A crop water requirement is estimated using 'Kc ETo' approach. However, locally determined Kc information is not available for many crops in Ethiopia. In view of this, an experiment was conducted to determine the crop water requirement and crop coefficient of wheat during cool cropping season from lysimeter study. The study was carried out at ...
Abstract: The productivity of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is low due to the use of inappropriate inter and intra row spacing in the study area. Thus, a field experiment was conducted at Haramaya, in the main rainy season ‘season of 2019 to assess the effects of plant spacing on Yield and Yield Components of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) at Haramaya, Eastern Ethiopia. The treatments consisted of two common bean varieties, (Haramaya and Babile), three inter-row spacing (30 cm, ...
Abstract: Potato is the second most important and co-staple crop in eastern Ethiopia. However, the average tuber yield is low as compared to the potential yield of the crop. The use of proper types and rates of fertilizer is one of the measures to increase productivity of the crop in the region. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of combined application of blended NPS and Urea fertilizers on growth, yield components, tuber yield and tuber quality of potato at ...
Abstract: Maize is one of the most important cereal crops in Ethiopia. However, the yield of the crop is low mainly due to low soil fertility problems. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the effect of blended NPS fertilizer supplemented with inorganic N and to estimate the economically feasible fertilizer rate for higher yield of maize. The experiment consisted of four levels of NPS fertilizer (0, 50, 100 and 150 kg ha-1) each supplemented with four levels of N (0, 32, 64 and 96...
Abstract: Wheat is the most important staple cereal crop in most parts of Ethiopia.However, appropriate management practice that combines improved varieties and NPS fertilizer is lacking in Gewane. Thus, field experiment was conducted from November 2018 to February 2019 to assess the effects of NPS fertilizer rates on growth, yield components and yield of bread wheat varieties; and to evaluate the cost-benefit of NPS fertilizer rates for production of bread wheat under irrigation at Gewane A...
Abstract: Maize is the major food crop in western Ethiopia and is produced in a number of agro- ecologies. However, its productivity is constrained by erratic and low amount of rain fall and little availability of high yielding variety applications. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted during the 2019 main cropping season in Haramaya University of eastern Ethiopia on rare research field. The objectives of the study were to determine the effect of different tied ridge planting methods ...
Abstract: Low soil fertility and poor crop management practices are among the major constraints limiting the productivity of bread wheat in Ethiopia in general and Hulbareg District in particular. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted in Hulbareg District during the 2019 main cropping season to evaluate the effect of blended NPSB fertilizer rates on yield and yield components and to determine the economically feasible rates for bread wheat production. Factorial combination of three imp...
Abstract: Intercropping is one of the intensive cropping systems which ensure sustainable utilization of limited land resources. Maize-common bean intercropping is often considered to be the best strategic cropping system to overcome the problems of adverse effects of shortage of rainfall. Cereal-legume intercropping is common in Ethiopia but intercropping of common bean and with maize (Zea mays L.) is a recent practice in maize based cropping system of many areas in Ethiopia. The objective ...
Abstract: Maize is becoming an important cereal crop in Ethiopia due to its use as sources of food security and generated income. However, its productivity is constrained by insufficient application of NPS fertilizer rate and different inter row spacing. Thus, afield experiment was conducted at Haramaya to assess the effects of application of different rates of blended NPS fertilizer and inter- row spacing on growth, yield components and yield of maize and to estimate the cost benefit analys...
Abstract: Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is one of the most important cash oil crops for smallholder farmers in semi-arid parts of eastern Ethiopia. However, its productivity is low due to biotic and abiotic stresses as well as poor agronomic practices. Suboptimal plant population and soil fertility depletion are among the major constraints to sustainable groundnut production in the semi-arid ecology of Ethiopia. This problem is aggravated by lack of application of fertilizers at appropriat...
Abstract: Bread wheat is one of the major crops in the study area cultivated both for home consumption and market purposes. However, its productivity is mainly constrained by poor soil fertility and lack of site specific fertilizer (NPSB) recommendation. Therefore, field experiment was carried out to assess the effect of blended NPSB fertilizer rates on yield, and yield related traits on selected bread wheat cultivars during the 2018/2019 cropping season on farmer training center (FTC) in Ke...