Journal of Animal Research and Nutrition

Evaluation of Biomass and Grain Yield of Oat Varieties at Debremarkos University Demonstrartion Site

The study was conducted in Debre Markos university demonstration site to evaluate biomass and grain yield of oat varieties. To study the biomass and grain yield of oat varieties the experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design with replicated three times. The five oat varieties namely CI-1506, CI-2291, CI-2596, CI-2806 and CI-8251 used in this experiment. The leaf length, leaf width, leaf area, number of tillers per plant, panicle length, number of spikelets per panicle, forage dry matter and seed yield of oat varieties significantly affected by varieties.

Varieties CI-2291, CI-2596, and CI-8251 had significantly higher (p<0.05) plant height and number of tillers per plant than as compared to CI-1506 and CI-2806. Variety of CI-8251 and CI-2596 was significantly higher (p<0.05) in leaf length, panicle length andnumber of spikelets per panicle than varieties of CI-2291, CI-1506 and CI-2806. Variety CI-2291 and CI-2596 was significantly higher (p<0.05) in leaf width and forage dry matter than variety of CI-8251, CI-1506 and CI-2806. Variety CI-2596 was significantly higher (p<0.05) in leaf area than varieties CI-8251, CI-2291, CI-1506, and CI-2806. Oat variety CI-2291 and CI-8251 produced the significantly higher seed and straw yield followed by CI-1506, CI-2596, and CI-2806.

Author(s): Alemu Gashe Desta*

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