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ISSN: 2360-7874 |
Academic Research Journal of
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Vol. 7(3), pp. 110-118, April 2019 Full Length Research Evaluation of Sesame Varieties for Phyllody Disease Resistance Workishet Taye, Zemedikun Alemu, Silesh Getahun, Sharew Abate, Nurhussien Seid and Miesso Hemba
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Werer Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia P. O. Box 2003, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. Corresponding author: e-mail workishet@gmail.com Accepted 19 March 2019
Sesame Phyllody disease, caused by Phytoplasma, is a highly destructive and serious economical disease in irrigated sesame production areas of Ethiopia. The field experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) having seven treatments with three replications at Werer Agricultural Research Center for three successive years. During the first year (2015), two varieties namely T-85 and Argane were grouped as moderately resistant while, Mehado-80, Serakamo and Abasena grouped as moderately susceptible. Kelafo 74 and Adi were grouped as susceptible and tolerant respectively. During second year (2016), T-85 and Argane grouped as moderately resistant and Kelafo-74 and Serkamo grouped as susceptible. During last year (2017), only T-85 was ranked as resistant and Kelafo-74 and Abasena were ranked as moderately susceptible. Combined analysis of data showed that Argane and T-85 was moderately resistant against phyllody disease while the heighst mean yield was obtained by Argane (11.32qt/ha) and Serkamo (11.06 qt/ha) and the lowest yield was recorded by Adi variety (9.08 qt/ha). The study advises the use of resistant varieties is considered as an economical and durable method of controlling Phyllody disease and further studies will be done on the evaluation of sesame varieties against Phyllody disease.
Key words: Phyllody, phytoplasma, varieties, resistance, Ethiopia
How to cite this article (APA Style): Workishet, T, Zemedikun, A., Silesh, G., Sharew, A., Nurhussien, S., Miesso, H. (2019). Evaluation of Sesame Varieties for Phyllody Disease Resistance. Acad. Res. J. Agri. Sci. Res. 7(3): 110-118
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