Phosphorus Use Efficiency of Common Bean Cultivars in Ethiopia |
| |
Authors: | Dereje Shanka Nigussie Dechassa Setegn Gebeyehu Eyasu Elias |
| |
Affiliation: | 1. Department of Plant Science, Wolaita-Sodo University, Wolaita-Sodo, Ethiopiadrjshanka2011l@gmail.com;3. Department of Plant Sciences, Haramaya University, Dire-Dawa, Ethiopia;4. Sustainable Impact platform, International Rice Research Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;5. Center for Environmental Studies, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| |
Abstract: | Phosphorus (P) deficiency in the soil is one of the major factors limiting common bean production in Ethiopia. A pot experiment was conducted in a glasshouse at Hawassa University in southern Ethiopia to evaluate twelve common bean cultivars for P use efficiency at three phosphorus rates (0, 120, and 240 kg P2O5 ha?1). The results of the study revealed that the interaction effect of cultivar and P rates significantly (P < 0.01) influenced grain yield efficiency index (GYEI), grain yield and yield attributing traits, leaf P concentration, root length, diameter and surface area. Grain yield efficiency index at low and medium phosphorus rates indicated that Red-Wolaita, Dinkinesh, Tabour, Nasir and Haramaya are P-efficient, whereas Chore was found to be P-inefficient. These genotypic variations could be exploited for sustainable production of the crop by fitting suitable varieties to soils with variable P availability. Thus, the P-efficient cultivars indicated above could be recommended for cultivation by smallholder farmers in soil with low P availability that is dominant in the study area. |
| |
Keywords: | Grain yield efficiency index Phaseolus vulgaris L. phosphorus deficiency root |
|
|