Evaluation of Carrot (Daucus carrota) Cultivarss for Growth, Root Yield and Yield Related Traits at Adigrat and Atsbi, Eastern Zone of Tigray Region

Abstract

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the performance of carrot varieties at Adigrat and Atsbi area of Tigray region in 2017 and 2018 cropping season. RCBD was used for the experiment. Data on plant height(cm), leaf number, leaf weight(gm), root length(cm), root diameter(cm) and root yield in terms of ton per hectare were collected and analyzed.  Plant height was highly significantly (p<0. 01) influenced by carrot cultivars at both locations. Leaf number plant^-1 was significantly (p<0.05) affected by carrot cultivars only at Atsbi area in 2017. Leaf weight plant^-1 was significantly influenced by cultivars at Adigrat. In 2017 cropping season, root yield ha^-1 was non significantly (p≥0.05) affected by cultivars at Adigrat and Atsbi areas.  In 2018, plant height, leaf number plant^-1 and leaf weight plant^-1 were significantly influenced by carrot cultivars at Adigrat. In 2018, root diameter was significantly affected by cultivars at Adigrat. The maximum plant height (50.63 cm) was recorded from DzARC-5 and Nantes cultivars in 2017 at Adigrat. The tallest (46.13 cm) plant height was observed from DzARC-5 varieties in 2017 at Atsbi location. DzARC-5 cultivar showed the maximum leaf weight plant^‑1 at Adigrat and Atsbi areas with leaf weight plant^-1 of 65.07 and 40.69 respectively since 2017. In 2018 cropping season, the tallest plant height was recorded from cultivar DzARC-5 (50.81 cm) at Adigrat. The maximum leaf number plant^-1 was obtained from DzARC-5 (9.81) at Adigrat location in 2018 production year. In 2018 cropping season, the maximum root yield (30.04ton ha^-1) was recorded on AUA-108 cultivar at Adigrat. AUA-108 cultivar is recommended at Adigrat and Atsbi areas. Further, it is important to reinvestigate the trial at Atsbi as the experiment conducted there for one season alone.

Keywords: AUA-108, DzARC-5, DzARC-9, Nantes, Cultivars

DOI: 10.7176/JNSR/10-3-02

Publication date: February 29^th 2020