Assessment of the Effects of Seed Storage Time on Germination Rate and Performance Evaluation of Ethiopian Faba Bean ( < em > Vicia faba < /em > L.) Varieties for Yield and Related Traits

ScientificWorldJournal. 2022 May 5;2022:6338939. doi: 10.1155/2022/6338939. eCollection 2022.ABSTRACTIn Ethiopia, faba bean (Vicia faba L.) varieties are important and widely used as a source of food and cash source to large number of subsistence farmers. However, their production and productivity is below the world's average partly because of lack of their sustainable performance in the current scenario of climate change. Therefore, the present study was designed to test the effects of seed storage time and to evaluate the performance of 31 faba bean varieties collected from Holeta, Kulumsa and Sinana agricultural research systems, Ethiopia. The study involved germination test and field experiment that was laid out using randomized complete block design (RCBD) and conducted at multiple test locations. Data were collected on qualitative and quantitative traits and analyzed using SAS version 9.0, and MINITAB® Release 19. Accordingly, most of the varieties showed a promising germination rate regardless of their storage duration suggesting their sustainable performance under suitable storage conditions. Most of the qualitative and quantitative traits showed a wide range of variations revealing their stable performance and better chance for further improvement. Analysis of variance also revealed a highly significant (p < 0.001) variation for several of the traits suggesting maintenance of the original diversity that could be important in further selection breeding. Likewise, ...
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