Performance Evaluation of Improved Plantain Banana (<i>Musa</i> spp.) Varieties in West Hararghe Zone, Eastern Ethiopia

Gezahegn A ssefa; Sintayehu Girma; Dereje Deresa

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Performance Evaluation of Improved Plantain Banana (Musa spp.) Varieties in West Hararghe Zone, Eastern Ethiopia

Gezahegn A ssefa, Sintayehu Girma, Dereje Deresa

Published in American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry (Volume 11, Issue 5)

Received: 18 October 2022 Accepted: 9 November 2022 Published: 9 October 2023

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Abstract

Fruit crops are widely grown in West Hararghe Zone by small households and plays significant role for income generation and nutrition. Plantains are cooking type’s banana producing fruits that remain starchy at maturity and need processing before consumption. Even though the environment is suitable for the production of fruit, the productivity of the crop is highly influenced by low yielding variety and low moisture. Therefore, the objective of the studied was to identify high yielding, drought and disease resistant/tolerant Plantain Banana varieties at Mechara onstation, West Hararghe Zone. Four plantain varieties were brought from Melkasa Agricultural Research Center and evaluated for agronomic and yield and yield related traits using Completely Randomized Block Design in three replications. The Analysis of variance results revealed significant variation among plantain varieties for all traits over both harvesting cycles except Fruit diameter (cm), number of fruit per bunch and unmarketable yield. The highest bunch weight, number of hands per bunch, number of fruits per bunch, marketable yield and total yields had recorded from Nijiru variety followed by Kardaba. Nijiru variety was resistance to banana disease (Sigatoka and Panama diseases) as compared to the other varieties. Whereas the lowest bunch weight, number of fruits per bunch, marketable yield, total yields was observed from Matoke variety. The Pearson correlation coefficient showed that average bunch weight, Fruit diameter, number of finger per hand and Marketable yield were positively correlated to total yield. Therefore, it’s concluded that Nijiru variety was well performed and can be recommended for the growers in Daro Lebu district and similar agro-ecology.

Published in	American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry (Volume 11, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajaf.20231105.11
Page(s)	176-180
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Banana, Bunch, Cooking, Plantain, Varieties

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Gezahegn A ssefa, Sintayehu Girma, Dereje Deresa. Performance Evaluation of Improved Plantain Banana (Musa spp.) Varieties in West Hararghe Zone, Eastern Ethiopia. Am J Agric For. 2023;11(5):176-180. doi: 10.11648/j.ajaf.20231105.11

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Gezahegn A ssefa

Oromia Agricultural Research Institute (IQQO), Mechara Agricultural Research Center (McARC), Mechara, Ethiopia
Sintayehu Girma

Oromia Agricultural Research Institute (IQQO), Mechara Agricultural Research Center (McARC), Mechara, Ethiopia
Dereje Deresa

Oromia Agricultural Research Institute (IQQO), Mechara Agricultural Research Center (McARC), Mechara, Ethiopia

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