TY  - JOUR
T1  - Phenological Traits of Common Bean (<i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i> L., Fabaceae) Landraces
AU - Bareke, Tura AU - Amssalu, Berhanu AU - Asfaw, Zemede 
JO  - Plant Sciences Research
VL  - 11
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 7
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1995-476x
DO  - psres.2019.1.7
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=psres.2019.1.7
KW  - pod
KW  -landraces
KW  -common bean
KW  -Maturity
KW  -seed
KW  -traits
AB  - The study was undertaken to identify the variation of phenological traits among landraces of
common bean at field conditions of rift valley of Ethiopia. Twenty four common bean landraces from different
geographical areas and agroecological zones were grown in three replications. Five phenological traits were
collected using IBPGR protocol. The results of the study revealed that the average fresh pod and seed maturity
time of zale wehy were significantly higher (p&lt;0.05) than other landraces. Date of flowering was positively
correlated (p&lt;0.05) with fresh pod maturity (r = 0.42) and dry seed maturity time (r = 0.5). The highest diversity
(3.17) was found in days to 50% flowering, fresh pod maturity time and dry seed maturity time among
landraces while the lowest diversity was found in flowering length. This indicates that there is big variation
among landraces in terms of days to 50% flowering, fresh pod maturity time and dry seed maturity time; while
flowering length is almost similar for all landraces. Abbajolle, dima tikka, gardoy bushay and dobole took
significantly shorter times (p&lt;0.05) to seed maturity. Early flowering and maturing of these landraces may give
them comparative advantages to escape terminal drought that frequently occur in semi-arid areas. Therefore,
crop breeders could give emphasis to these landraces to monitor and use for future production and for other
purposes.
ER  -