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We conducted a study in Komto Forest in East Wollega Zone, Oromia National Regional State, West Ethiopia for determining vegetation structure and regeneration status in this forest. We systematically sampled 53 quadrats (20 m × 20 m) along line transects radiating from the peak of Komto Mountain in eight directions. Vegetation parameters such as DBH, height, seedling and sapling density of woody species, and location and altitude of each quadrat were recorded. In total, 103 woody plant species of 87 genera and 45 families were identified. Analysis of selected tree species revealed different population structures. Generally, the forest was dominated by small trees and shrubs characteristic of secondary regeneration. Observations on the regeneration of the forest indicated that there are woody species that require urgent conservation measures. Based on the results of this study, we recommend detailed ecological studies of various environmental factors such as soil type and properties, and ethnobotanical studies to explore indigenous knowledge on uses of plants. 相似文献
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Heterosis and heritability in crosses among Asian and Ethiopian parents of hot pepper genotypes 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Hot pepper is the most important worldwide grown and consumed spice and vegetable crop. Though hybrid breeding has been proposed
for genetic improvement in the crop, but there is lack of information on heterosis in crosses among crop genotypes in Ethiopia.
Twelve genotypes (nine Asian and three Ethiopian parents) of hot pepper were crossed in 2003 cropping season in a half-diallel
fashion to fit Griffing’s fixed effect model analysis. An open field experiment was conducted in 2004/2005 to investigate
heterosis for fourteen traits in 66 F1 hybrids grown together with their 12 selfed parents. Highly significant genotypic differences were observed for all the traits
except for leaf area. Variance component due to specific combining ability (dominance) were larger than that due to general
combining ability (additive) for each of the studied traits with few exceptions. Broad sense heritability (H
b2) for fruit traits were more than 60% and with wide gap from narrow sense heritability (h
n2) for most of the important traits like number of fruit per plant (H
b2 = 88.3% and h
n2 = 46.0%), days to maturity (H
b2 = 87.2% and h
n2 = 23.1%) and dry fruit yield per plant (H
b2 = 72.6% and h
n2 = 14.6%). Maximum heterosis over mid-parent and better-parent, and economic superiority of hybrid over standard check were
recorded, respectively for dry fruit yield per plant (163.8, 161.8 and 92.1%), number of fruits per plant (104.4, 79.6 and
136.4%) and days to maturity (−29.8, −31.5 and −23.6%). These observations suggested a possibility of utilizing dominance
genetic potentiality available in diverse genotypes of the crop by heterosis breeding for improving hot pepper to the extent
of better economic return compared to the current commercial cultivar under production in the country. Low narrow sense versus
very high broad sense heritability for days to maturity and dry fruit yield per plant could be a sign for achievability of
earliness and high fruit yield using heterosis in hot pepper. The maximum heterobeltiosis were recorded either from F1s obtained from Ethiopian and Asian crosses or from within Asian crosses, suggesting the possibility of maximizing heterosis
by considering genetically diverse parental genotypes. The manifestation of highest heterosis in hybrids from among Asian
lines indicated existence of genetic diversity among Asian genotypes and the potentiality for improvement of hot pepper using
genotypes from different regions of the world along with elite inbred lines from local cultivars. 相似文献
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Regina Ronoh Noella A. Ekhuya Traud Winkelmann Mary Abukutsa-Onyango Fekadu Fufa Dinssa 《The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology》2018,93(2):113-121
African nightshades are becoming more important as leafy vegetables in sub-Saharan Africa. Previously considered as food for the poor, their cultivation is now being promoted, and some cultivars are commercialised; however, most farmers use self-produced seeds, leading to low and varying yields. Improvement through conventional breeding depends on the available genetic diversity, the possible breeding systems, and the nutritional value of the accessions. Therefore, we review the information on these topics with the following main outcomes: the most commonly discussed species, S. nigrum, S. scabrum, S. villosum, and S. americanum, could be differentiated using molecular markers, but further sub-clustering was rarely possible, and statistical support often missing. S. nigrum and S. scabrum seem to be most closely related to each other. The mainly self-pollinating African nightshades form a polyploidy series with diploid (2n = 2x = 24) to hexaploid taxa. Interploidy hybridisations between diploids and tetraploids are possible, whereas the hexaploid S. nigrum and S. scabrum could not be crossed to genotypes of lower ploidies. Solanine, solamargine, solasonine, and chaconine are the major steroidal alkaloid glucosides in African nightshades. Amounts are age and environment dependant. Mineral and vitamin contents in leaves are at least as high as in Brassica oleracea or Spinacia oleracea, underlining their relevance as local vegetables. 相似文献
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Exploiting the diversity of barley landraces in Ethiopia 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Berhane Lakew Yitbarek Semeane Fekadu Alemayehu Hailu Gebre Stefania Grando Joop A. G. van Leur Salvatore Ceccarelli 《Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution》1997,44(2):109-116
The paper describes a methodology to incorporate the collection of barley landraces available in the Plant Genetic Resources Centre of Ethiopia (PGRC/E), as well as future collections, in the Ethiopian barley breeding program. Six hundred pure lines extracted from thirty Ethiopian barley landraces were evaluated and selected, along with the original populations, between 1989 and 1993. Three lines were identified which significantly outyielded the local landrace in some of the testing sites and had a higher average yield across sites and seasons. The yield of these lines was similar to the best improved variety also developed from a landrace population. Despite the relatively small number of landrace-lines (600) in the original population, the exploitation of the diversity existing within Ethiopian barley germplasm has produced in only five years promising lines for yield at low input conditions and for disease and insect resistance. Some lines had a yield potential comparable with the best breeding lines produced earlier, and one is under multiplication for release. 相似文献
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Fekadu Gurmu Shimelis Hussein Mark Laing 《Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Plant Soil Science》2017,67(7):651-659
Information on the nutrient contents of newly developed orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) varieties is required for recommendations to growers and the food industry. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to determine the nutritional value of newly developed OFSP clones and to establish the associations between β-carotene content and micro-nutrients for targeted large scale production to alleviate nutrient deficiencies. Seventeen OFSP and eight white/cream-fleshed sweetpotato clones were evaluated across six diverse environments (Halaba, Kokate, Areka, Arbaminch, Hawassa and Dilla) in southern Ethiopia in 2014 using a 5?×?5 simple lattice design. Nutritional traits data were collected on dry-weight basis and subjected to analysis of variance and correlation analyses. Environment, genotype, and genotype?×?environment interaction effects were highly significant (p?0.01) for all parameters measured. A newly developed genotype, designated G8, had the highest contents of β-carotene (20.01?mg 100?g?1), protein (7.08%), iron (2.55 mg 100?g?1), zinc (1.42 mg 100?g?1), fructose (4.45%), glucose (5.34%) and sucrose (16.20%). Genotypes G15 and G19 also performed relatively well for the above nutritional traits. The three genotypes, G8, G15 and G19 had mean fresh root yield of 23.5,13.7 and 21.3?tha?1, respectively. These genotypes had root dry matter content of 26.99%, 25.23% and 33.09%, respectively. Β-carotene content had significant positive correlations with iron, zinc, fructose, glucose and sucrose content. This reflects the potential to breed for OFSP varieties enriched with the important micro-nutrients. Overall, the candidate OFSP clones, G8 (Resisto?×?PIPI-2), G15 (Resisto?×?Temesgen-23) and G19 (Resisto × Ogansagen-23) were good sources of nutritional traits such as vitamin A, iron, zinc, protein, sucrose, glucose and fructose. The selected genotypes can be recommended for large-scale production, food processing or further sweetpotato improvement to alleviate nutrient deficiencies in Ethiopia or similar environments in sub-Saharan Africa. 相似文献