Evaluation of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Varietiesfor Seed and Oil Yieldsat OmoKuraz, Southern Ethiopia

Abstract

Sesame productivity and quality can be affected to agreat extent by the nature of variety considerd for production in specific environment. Hence, field experiment was conducted at OmoKuraz -1 sugar development project of South Omo, Southern Ethiopia, during2018/19 under irrigated condition to evaluate sesame varieties for agronomic performance and oil yield. The treatment consisted of ten varieties of sesame namely: E, Tate, Kelafo-74, Mehando-80, T-85, Adi, Abasena, S, Argene and Serkamo and arranged in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. Data were collected on phenological, growth, yield, yield components, oil content and oil yield. The data were subjected to analysis of variance using SAS software version 9.0. Varieties differed significantly for all studied characters. Accordingly, the highest seed yield (1468.68 Kg/ha), oil content (49.18%) and oil yield (722.29 kg/ha) were obtained from variety Tate followed by values obtained from Mehando-variety with insignificant variation. On the other hand, Abasena and S varieties produced the lowest seed yield. Therefore, it is possible to concludethat considering either Tate or Mehando-80 variety for cultivation in similar areas of this study site could enable producers to harvest better seed and oil yields from sesame.

Keywords: Oil content, phenological parameter,Werer

DOI: 10.7176/JBAH/10-8-03

Publication date: April 30^th 2020