Effect of Planting Techniques on Tef (<i>Eragrostis tef</i>) Yield and Yield Components

Getahun Bekana

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Effect of Planting Techniques on Tef (Eragrostis tef) Yield and Yield Components

Getahun Bekana

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Received: 28 July 2023 Accepted: 15 August 2023 Published: 28 August 2023

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Abstract

Without a crop management cooperation, only genetically modified cultivars may not be able to overcome the crop's expected yield gap in any research. Tef grain yield is low as a result of inadequate management practices. The current study was conducted on the research field of the Holeta Agricultural Research Center during the main cropping seasons of 2021 and 2022 to evaluate the three planting/sowing methods (Broad casting, Row sowing, and transplanting) of improved Quncho tef variety by randomized complete block design with three replications for two consecutive years. This study revealed that there is no statistically significant difference between row planting and broadcasting at 5 and 25 kg/ha at row spacing of 15 and 20cm at 5kg, both row sowing and broadcasting gave highest grain yield than transplanting. Tef transplanting gave the lowest grain yield as well as straw in addition to high cost of labor. Row planting at a 15 cm spacing and 5 kg per ha seed and broadcast sowing at 5kg per ha were the most economically effective tef planting method according to this finding. However, it is advisable to undertake further research across soil type, years and locations to draw sound recommendation on a wider scale.

Published in	Science Research (Volume 11, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.sr.20231104.11
Page(s)	87-90
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Keywords

Broadcasting, Planting, Row, Tef, Transplanting

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  title = {Effect of Planting Techniques on Tef (Eragrostis tef) Yield and Yield Components},
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  number = {4},
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 year = {2023}
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