Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is anciently most known cultivated fruit trees. The fruit composed of very nutritive minerals like potassium, calcium, iron, chlorine, phosphorus and magnesium. The tree tolerates relatively harsh climatic and soil conditions under which no other crop may give reasonable returns. In Ethiopia, date palm cultivated and/or wildly grown crop in Afar, Dire Dawa, Somali, Gambella and Benishangul Gumuz regions. However, the yield of local cultivars was too low to meet the sharply increasing demand. Thus, the research has been conducted to evaluate and register the best performing, desirable yield and quality of introduced improved varieties. Fourteen (14) tissue cultured introduced materials from England and Israel were planted at 10 meters spacing between rows and plants over three locations viz. Werer Agricultural Research Center (WARC), Asaiyta and Afambo. Two varieties (Barhee and Medjool) early fruiting type, were individually evaluated out of 12 varieties on the basis of fruit yield for two years at WARC, while vegetative parameters were taken from the rest locations. The study result revealed that, Barhee and Medjool are superior to the local date palm genotypes. Barhee (158.79 kg/tree/year) was superior to Medjool variety (72.16 kg/tree/year) in fruits yield per tree. In conclusion, Barhee and Medjool profitably and sustainability yielding varieties to low land areas of the Afar regions and similar agroecolgy.
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Megersa Daba Regessa, Yitages Kuma Beji, Muluken Demilie Alemu. (2022). Evaluation and Registration of Introduced Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Varieties in Afar Region, Ethiopia. Science Development, 3(3), 122-127. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.scidev.20220303.17
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Megersa Daba Regessa; Yitages Kuma Beji; Muluken Demilie Alemu. Evaluation and Registration of Introduced Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Varieties in Afar Region, Ethiopia. Sci. Dev. 2022, 3(3), 122-127. doi: 10.11648/j.scidev.20220303.17
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abstract = {Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is anciently most known cultivated fruit trees. The fruit composed of very nutritive minerals like potassium, calcium, iron, chlorine, phosphorus and magnesium. The tree tolerates relatively harsh climatic and soil conditions under which no other crop may give reasonable returns. In Ethiopia, date palm cultivated and/or wildly grown crop in Afar, Dire Dawa, Somali, Gambella and Benishangul Gumuz regions. However, the yield of local cultivars was too low to meet the sharply increasing demand. Thus, the research has been conducted to evaluate and register the best performing, desirable yield and quality of introduced improved varieties. Fourteen (14) tissue cultured introduced materials from England and Israel were planted at 10 meters spacing between rows and plants over three locations viz. Werer Agricultural Research Center (WARC), Asaiyta and Afambo. Two varieties (Barhee and Medjool) early fruiting type, were individually evaluated out of 12 varieties on the basis of fruit yield for two years at WARC, while vegetative parameters were taken from the rest locations. The study result revealed that, Barhee and Medjool are superior to the local date palm genotypes. Barhee (158.79 kg/tree/year) was superior to Medjool variety (72.16 kg/tree/year) in fruits yield per tree. In conclusion, Barhee and Medjool profitably and sustainability yielding varieties to low land areas of the Afar regions and similar agroecolgy.},
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