Effect of Sowing Methods and Seeding Rates on Growth, Yield and Yield Components of Tef (<i>Eragrostis Tef</i>) in Ebinat Districts, South Gondar, Ethiopia

Sisay Tefera; Getachew Alemayehu; Abebe Zeleke

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Effect of Sowing Methods and Seeding Rates on Growth, Yield and Yield Components of Tef (Eragrostis Tef) in Ebinat Districts, South Gondar, Ethiopia

Sisay Tefera, Getachew Alemayehu, Abebe Zeleke

Published in International Journal of Science, Technology and Society (Volume 9, Issue 3)

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The study was conducted during 2013/14 main cropping season in Ebinat district with the aim of studying the effects of seeding rates and row sowing methods on growth, yield and yield components of tef. Planting material of improved tef variety ‘Quencho’ (DZ-01-387) was used as a test crop for the experiments. Two factors of 3 seeding rates of (5, 7.5 & 10 kg/ha) and 3 inter-row spacing of (15cm, 20cm & 25cm) were combined to form 9 treatment. The treatments were laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. Days to 50% emergence, days to 50% heading, days to 90% physiological maturity, plant population. Total tiller number per plant, effective tiller, plant height, panicle length, number of spikelet’s per panicle, biomass and straw yield, thousand seed weight, grain yield and harvest index were the important attributes used for data collection. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) for all parameters were computed with SAS 9.0 software and mean separation was done using least significance difference (LSD). The results of ANOVA analyses showed that sowing method of days to 50% emergence, days to 50%heading, days to 90% physiological maturity, total number of tillers per plant, number of effective tillers, thousand seed weight and number of spikelet’s per panicle were significantly (P<0.05) influenced by the main effects of seeding rates and inter-row spacing, while plant population, plant height and grain yield were highly significantly (P<0.01) affected by the main effects of the seeding rates and inter-row spacing. Biomass and straw yields as well as harvest index were not significantly affected by seeding rates and inter-row spacing. Furthermore, the interaction effect plant population and grain yields were highly significantly (P<0.01), affected by seeding rates and inter-row spacing. While plant height, biomass yield and thousand seed weight were significant (P<0.05) influenced. In general, the present study investigated under sowing methods of grain yield was gained 25.75% over all the treatments. Sowing method of seeding rate of 5 kg/ha and 25cm of row spacing were found to be the best resourcefully advantageous over the rest treatments.

Published in	International Journal of Science, Technology and Society (Volume 9, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijsts.20211003.15
Page(s)	142-148
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Inter-row Spacing, Seed Rates, Tef and Yield Component

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Sisay Tefera, Getachew Alemayehu, Abebe Zeleke. Effect of Sowing Methods and Seeding Rates on Growth, Yield and Yield Components of Tef (Eragrostis Tef) in Ebinat Districts, South Gondar, Ethiopia. Int J Sci Technol Soc. 2021;9(3):142-148. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsts.20211003.15

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Sisay Tefera

College of Agricultural and Environmental Science, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Getachew Alemayehu

Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Abebe Zeleke

Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Science, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

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VL  - 9
IS  - 3
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