Academic Research Journal of Agricultural Science and Research
 

Vol. 7(1), pp. 37-41, January 2019
DOI: 10.14662/ARJASR2018.110
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ISSN: 2360-7874
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Evaluation and Development of Bread wheat Varieties adapted to irrigated lowland areas of Ethiopia.

Mihratu Amanuel¹, Desta Gebre¹, Hailu Mengistu¹ and Tadiyos Bayisa¹

¹Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Werer Research Center, Irrigated Wheat Research Sub-Program,

P. O. Box 2003 A.A., Ethiopia

Accepted 30 January 2019

The two breeding activitie; National Variety Trial (NVT) and Variety Verification Trial (VVT) according to the variety development processes were considered in this paper. The trials were conducted during the cool season at Werer Agricultural Research Center (WARC) onstation and On-farms from 2010 to 2015 using the appropriate experimental designs for each type of activities with the objectives of selecting best performing lines and candidate varieties for further evaluation and release, respectively. The number of genotypes evaluated under NVT and VVT were 31 and 9, respectively. The recommended agronomic practices were applied similarly. Required agronomic data for the trials were collected and analyzed using the appropriate software (SAS). Based on statistical analysis results, 6 candidate varieties from NVT were selected. Among the three candidate varieties selected in 2014/15 Moontiji-3, Saamid-3 and Doukkala-4; Moontiji-3 and Doukkala-4 were accepted and released by the standing committee of the national variety release in 2015. From the other candidate varieties selected in 2016/17; SERI82/SHUHA'S'//PASTOR-2, QAFZAH-2/FERRIUG-2 and REYNA-28 evaluated by national variety releasing committee; QAFZAH-2/FERRIUG-2 is officially released. Quality characteristics of the released and candidates varieties were better than the standard. The studuy result implies more comprehensive technology developmemt potential of the country’s lowland irrigated areas.

Keywords: Environment; Genotypes; Quality; Yield.

How to cite this article (APA Style):

Mihratu, A., Desta, G., Hailu M.,Tadiyos, B. (2019). Evaluation and Development of Bread wheatVarieties adapted to irrigated lowland areas of Ethiopia. Acad. Res. J. Agri. Sci. Res. 7(1): 37-41