Performance Evaluation of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Genotypes for Yield and Related Traits at Areka, Southern Ethiopia
Joint Authors
Gessese, Mesfin Kebede
Yohannes, Simon
Loha, Gobeze
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-01-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Common bean is a source of dietary protein and the second most important legume crop in Africa next to faba bean.
In Ethiopia common bean is the most important legume as the source of protein and export commodity.
Hence, development of commercial varieties is one of the major tasks to meet increasing demand of the stake holders.
To this effect, understanding the genetic variability, heritability and association between grain yield and other agronomic traits is necessary for effective plant breeding program.
In this context, a field experiment was conducted during 2016/2017 cropping season at Areka Agricultural Research Center in southern Ethiopia with the objective of evaluating common bean genotypes for yield and related traits and also estimate the variability present among the genotypes.
Treatments consisted of thirty three common bean genotypes were laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications.
Common bean genotypes exhibited considerable variations for agronomic traits and grain yield.
Majority of the traits; plant height, number of nodes, internode length, leaf area, LAI, biological yield, pods per plant, HI and HSW had higher PCV.
Genotypic coefficient of variance (GCV) varied from 1.88% to 37.72% with the highest GCV recorded for HSW.
Heritability in broad sense (H2) ranged from 0.52% to 95.33% with the highest value observed for HSW.
The present study revealed significant variation among genotypes for traits considered except few insignificant traits.
In addition, almost all the genotypes were well adapted to the study area and hence, the high yielding genotypes could be directly used as seed sources for production of common bean and some of the genotypes with best diseases resistance reaction, and with high heritability can possibly be used in common bean improvement program.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yohannes, Simon& Loha, Gobeze& Gessese, Mesfin Kebede. 2020. Performance Evaluation of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Genotypes for Yield and Related Traits at Areka, Southern Ethiopia. Advances in Agriculture،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1120001
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yohannes, Simon…[et al.]. Performance Evaluation of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Genotypes for Yield and Related Traits at Areka, Southern Ethiopia. Advances in Agriculture No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1120001
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yohannes, Simon& Loha, Gobeze& Gessese, Mesfin Kebede. Performance Evaluation of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Genotypes for Yield and Related Traits at Areka, Southern Ethiopia. Advances in Agriculture. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1120001
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1120001