Participatory evaluation of lupine genotypes on biomass and grain yield performance and nutritional value in the highland of Ethiopia
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2021-11-16
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A study was conducted to evaluate the adaptability, yield performance and nutritional value, and to identify farmers preferred lupine genotypes. Four lupine genotypes were evaluated using participatory approach at Arbegona and Bule districts of Ethiopia on the farmer’s plots. The experimental layout followed a randomised complete block design with four replications. Farmers as well as researchers gave the first rank for accession No. 239042 and accession No.
239047 and least for Sanabor (Accession No. 144) in overall performance. Moreover, according to the results of the current study, accession No. 239004 and 239042 were the best lupine
genotypes, which gave the greater grain yield, forage dry matter production and nutritive value than the other accession tested. Based on the laboratory evaluation, sweet lupine forage and
seed can be used as homegrown protein source in livestock feeding. Farmers preferred all the tested lupine genotypes for their after assessing its grain yield. Even though Sanabor (Accession
No. 144) was inferior in its grain yield, the farmers preferred the Sanabor mainly due to their early maturity, short growth habit, lodging tolerance, despite its high vegetative growth. Thus,
the consideration of farmers’ preference for forage crops is crucial for increased adoption of improved forage crops.
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The author’s special thanks go to the farmers who participated in the conducted experiment on their farm. The Version of Scholarly Record of this Article is published in Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science, 2021, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09064710.2021.2001042 . © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Keywords: Farmer’s preference; grain yield; lupine genotypes; nutritional value; participatory; Africa; Ethiopia.
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Mergia Abera (2022) Participatory evaluation of lupine genotypes on biomass and grain yield performance and nutritional value in the highland of Ethiopia, Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science, 72:1, 157-163, DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2021.2001042