Maize is greatly affected by variation in plant population than other grass families and highly
responsive for plant and row spacings, thus the modification of those factors can bring about
significant yield variation ...
In Ethiopia, barley is the main staple crop and 5
th
in importance in the country’s crop
production. North Gondar highland is one of the areas where food barley is widely cultivated.
However, several yield-limiting ...
Wheat and faba bean are among the staple and the most important crops grown by
subsistence farmers under rain-fed conditions in Ethiopia. Despite, their significant values,
their production is affected by mainly land ...
Tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] is among the major cereals of Ethiopia and occupies the
largest cultivated land more than any other cereals. The need for its production as a staple food
is increasing from year to ...
Northern Gondar is one of the areas where bread wheat is cultivated widely in the Amhara
region. However, wheat productivity in the area is low (2.75 t ha
-1
) as compared to the world
average (3.63 ton ha
-1
). Low ...
Rice is among the most important commercial cereal crops that can be produced in North
Gondar. However, its production is challenged by low yield mainly due to lack of appropriate
agronomic practices and recommendations. ...
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) belongs to the Solanaceae family. It is a perennial but
is grown as an annual plant. The use of improper plant spacing is among the reasons of low
productivity of tomato, and it ...
ice is one of the cereal crops produced in Ethiopia. However, its productivity is very low
(3.3 t ha
-1
) as compared to its yields potential in the world. The reasons for its low
productivity is attributed to poor ...
The irrigation technology for growing sesame in the Amhara National Regional Northwestern
low lands area is not practiced to understand the water-soil-plant-atmosphere interactions. In
irrigated areas, determination of ...
Maize is one of the most important cereal crops grown in Ethiopia serving as staple food for
the consumers. However the grain is widely damaged by storage pests. The research work was
aimed “to assess damage level of ...
White cumin (Carum copticum L.) is an important seed spice crop. Cumin production is seriously
affected by different fungal pathogens such as root rot, fusarium wilt, blight and powdery mildew.
Cumin wilt caused by ...
The major Ethiopian users of malt are the domestic breweries though their annual demand
has not so far been met by the domestic malt supply. Regardless of immense potential for
producing malt barley in Ethiopia, its ...
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) production and restraining its productivity in Ethiopia. It reduces
the yield up to 61% on susceptible cultivars. The main aim of the study was to evaluate the
effect of mancozeb fungicide with ...
In order to study the effect of sulfuric acid amount/volume and duration of delinting on
germination and seedling vigor of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) seeds, experiments were
conducted in completely randomized design ...
Garlic (Allium sativum L.) an important spice crop belongs to the family Alliaceous and is the
second most widely used Allium next to onion. Garlic rust that caused by Puccinia allii
Rudolphi is the most important disease ...
Potato is the fourth most important food crop in the world. Late blight potato disease is the
major bottleneck problem in Chilga district. The objective of this study was aimed to find out
the integrated use of potato ...
A field experiment was conducted at college of agriculture and rural transformation experimental
site Tseda, during 2017 cropping season to determine the effect of different inter row (20, 30,
40, 50cm) and intra row ...
Barley is the 5
th
most important crop in Ethiopia in terms of production next to maize, teff,
wheat and sorghum. Barley grain is mainly produced for human consumption and animal
feed. However, its productivity is ...
Ethiopia has possibly the highest potential for potato production of any country in Africa. However,
Potato tuber moth is the most important constraints of potato production in Ethiopia and it causes
up to 42% yield loss ...
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the promising cereal crop produced in Ethiopia. However, its
average productivity in the country is very low (2.84 t/ha) as compared to the world average
(5.1 ton ha
-1
). Amhara region ...