Evaluation of Elephant Grass (<i>Pennisetum purpureum</i> L) Accessions for Their Agronomic Performances in Lowland Areas of Guji Zone, Southern Oromia, Ethiopia

Teshale Jabessa; Ketema Bekele; Getacho Tesfaye; Zinash Amare

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Evaluation of Elephant Grass (Pennisetum purpureum L) Accessions for Their Agronomic Performances in Lowland Areas of Guji Zone, Southern Oromia, Ethiopia

Teshale Jabessa, Ketema Bekele, Getacho Tesfaye, Zinash Amare

Published in American Journal of Biological and Environmental Statistics (Volume 8, Issue 1)

Received: 18 January 2022 Accepted: 24 February 2022 Published: 15 March 2022

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The study was conducted with the objectives to identify and select better adaptable, higher herbage yielding forage variety. Six elephant grass accessions (ILRI#16791, ILRI#16798, ILRI#16840, ILRI#16800, ILRI#16819 and ILRI#15743) were arranged in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. All agronomic parameters and biomass yield of forage samples were determined and collected data were examined using statistical analysis. The result revealed that the agronomic performance of plot cover, plant vigor, leaf to stem ratio, leaf length and plant height were not show significant difference (P>0.05) between elephant accession. The result revealed that survive rate, number of leaf per plants, number of tiller per plants and number of node per plants were highly significantly (P<0.001) differ among the treatments. The result revealed that dry matter yield and number of plant regenerate were shown that significant (P<0.05) among the treatments. The highest value of dry matter yield was measured from ILRI#16791 (12.11 t/ha) accession. The highest survive rate (88.8%) was measured from ILRI#16791 accession, followed by (75.5%) ILRI#16819 accession. The result implies that ILRI#16819 and ILRI#16791 were well performed in agronomic parameters. Thus it could be possible to conclude that the elephant grass should be recommended for improving the constraint of feed shortage in lowland agro-ecologies of Guji zone and similar areas.

Published in	American Journal of Biological and Environmental Statistics (Volume 8, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajbes.20220801.14
Page(s)	31-35
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Lowland, Evaluation, Agronomic Performance, Pennisetum purpureum

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Teshale Jabessa, Ketema Bekele, Getacho Tesfaye, Zinash Amare. Evaluation of Elephant Grass (Pennisetum purpureum L) Accessions for Their Agronomic Performances in Lowland Areas of Guji Zone, Southern Oromia, Ethiopia. Am J Biol Environ Stat. 2022;8(1):31-35. doi: 10.11648/j.ajbes.20220801.14

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Teshale Jabessa

Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Bore Agricultural Research Center, Bore, Ethiopia
Ketema Bekele

Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Bore Agricultural Research Center, Bore, Ethiopia
Getacho Tesfaye

Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Bore Agricultural Research Center, Bore, Ethiopia
Zinash Amare

Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Fitche Agricultural Research Center, Fitche, Ethiopia

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