Abstract
A field experiment was carried out to identify the optimum plant density, inter and intra-row spacing for the maximum agronomic performance of Gachena (a recently released faba bean variety). A thr...
Highlights
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is the most important cool-season food legume in Ethiopia in terms of coverage, production, foreign exchange earnings, protein source, soil amelioration and cropping system ABOUT THE AUTHORAlmaz M
The productivity of faba bean is low when it grows under vertisol due to excessive soil moisture during heavy rain and cracking nature when it dries as the crop is sensitive to waterlogged conditions and cracking nature that hinder root growth
Crop productivity is closely linked to organic matter (Bauer & Black, 1994), plants growing in wellaerated soils are less stressed by drought or excess water
Summary
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is the most important cool-season food legume in Ethiopia in terms of coverage, production, foreign exchange earnings, protein source, soil amelioration and cropping system. The response of crops to plant density tended to be less in the low as compared to the high yielding environments (Matthews et al, 2001) This can depend on soil type, management practices like seedbed conditions and soil moisture, sowing depth, sowing time, fungicide dressings of seeds, presence of weeds and seasonal rainfall (Matthews et al, 2001). Haramaya University has released a faba bean variety Gachena (Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, 2008) for the highland areas of East and West Hararghe with a plant density of 250,000 plants per ha (40 cm inter × 10 cm intra-row spacing) which was based on the experiences from Holleta, central Ethiopia where soil and climatic conditions are different.
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