Verifying Wheat-Chickpea Varieties for Double Cropping on the Vertiosols of Central Highland of Ethiopia

Midekesa Chala; Chala Chalchissa; Bahiru Addisu

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Verifying Wheat-Chickpea Varieties for Double Cropping on the Vertiosols of Central Highland of Ethiopia

Midekesa Chala^*, Chala Chalchissa, Bahiru Addisu

Published in American Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering (Volume 11, Issue 6)

Received: 23 November 2023 Accepted: 18 December 2023 Published: 28 December 2023

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Climate change, land scarcity, and anthropogenic factors are the major challenges to agricultural productivity and cause food insecurity to feed the ever-increasing human population. Vertiosols in the central highlands of Ethiopia have the potential to produce a second crop using residual moisture after harvesting the main crop within the same cropping calendar. Farmers are practising double cropping using local varieties because there are neither verified research outputs nor awareness and promotion that support the practise of double cropping in the area. Field experiments were conducted during the 2021 and 2022 cropping seasons at Ejersa Lafo and Dandi districts in the West Shewa zone to evaluate the economic and agronomical feasibility of wheat-chickpea in double cropping combinations. The treatments consisted of four bread wheat varieties (Wane, Dursa, Abay, and Kakaba) and three chickpea varieties (Teketay, Dalot, and Natoli). The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replications. The combined result showed that Dursa and Kakaba wheat varieties required the smallest number of days to mature (118 days), whereas Abay and Wane required 125 and 132 days to reach maturity, respectively. Kakaba and Abay varieties produced the highest thousand seed weight and grain yield, whereas Dursa varieties produced a statistically (P< 0.05) lower yield and thousand seed weight than the other varieties. The results indicate that the interaction of bread wheat and chickpea varieties had a significant effect on the grain yield of chickpea. Teketay chickpea variety double cropped with Kakaba bread wheat variety gave the highest grain yield (2595.15 kg ha–1). The highest economic benefit (ETB 235193 ha-1) with the highest MRR (275%) resulted from the Teketay chickpea variety, which was double cropped with the Kakaba bread wheat variety. Therefore, Kakaba bread wheat variety and Teketay chickpea variety could be recommended for double cropping on the vertiosol of the west Shewa zone (Dandi and Ejersa Lafo districts) and similar agroecologies.

Published in	American Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering (Volume 11, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.bio.20231106.12
Page(s)	103-108
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Bread Wheat, Chickpea Variety, Economic Feasibility

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Chala, M., Chalchissa, C., Addisu, B. (2023). Verifying Wheat-Chickpea Varieties for Double Cropping on the Vertiosols of Central Highland of Ethiopia. American Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 11(6), 103-108. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.bio.20231106.12

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Chala, M.; Chalchissa, C.; Addisu, B. Verifying Wheat-Chickpea Varieties for Double Cropping on the Vertiosols of Central Highland of Ethiopia. Am. J. BioSci. Bioeng. 2023, 11(6), 103-108. doi: 10.11648/j.bio.20231106.12

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Chala M, Chalchissa C, Addisu B. Verifying Wheat-Chickpea Varieties for Double Cropping on the Vertiosols of Central Highland of Ethiopia. Am J BioSci Bioeng. 2023;11(6):103-108. doi: 10.11648/j.bio.20231106.12

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Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Ambo Agricultural Research Center, Ambo, Ethiopia

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Chala M, Chalchissa C, Addisu B. Verifying Wheat-Chickpea Varieties for Double Cropping on the Vertiosols of Central Highland of Ethiopia. Am J BioSci Bioeng. 2023;11(6):103-108. doi: 10.11648/j.bio.20231106.12

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