Abstract
A field experiment was carried out in the rainy season of 2019 in Gombe states, Nigeria. The experiment was carried out in Tal, Billiri Local Government, Gombe State. The aim of the experiment was investigate the performance of ten varieties of sesame. The ten different varieties were; E-8, NCRIBEN-01, NCRIBEN-02, NCRIBEM-031, YANDEV-55, EX-BR-1, EX-BR-2, E-SUDAN, 560-1 and LOCAL. The treatments were laid in a randomized complete block design with three replications. The treatments were combined to have 10 plots in a block with 1 meter between the block and 0.5 meters within the plots. The seeds were placed in 5cm depth at the spacing of 15 x 75cm. During the research growth parameters like plant height, number of leaves and number of branches were measured. Other growth parameters like days of 1st flower, 50% flower, days of maturity, number of capsule per plant, seeds per capsule, number of capsule per leaves axis, 1000 seed weight and seed yield were also recorded. The results of the experiment revealed that sesame generally responded to both varietal and fertilizer effects. All the parameters studied have significantly (P≤0.05) responded to the varietal effects, here variety NCRIBEN-01 and E-8 were observed to perform higher in both growth parameters, yield related character and overall yield. Based on the result obtained it can be suggested that the use of E-8, NCRIBEN-01, NCRIBEN-02, NCRIBEN-031, YANDEV-55 will give high yield followed by EX-BR-1, EX-BR-2, E-SUDAN and 506-1 leading to optimum yield for farmers in Tal, Billiri Local
Highlights
Sesame (Sesanum indicum L.) is an annual flowering plant which is cultivated for its seeds
It is believe to be originated from Africa; it was introduced into Nigeria after the second world war and was mostly cultivated as a minor crop in the northern and central part of Nigeria until 1974 when it began to gain prominence as a major crop
All data collected were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA), while least significant difference (LSD) at 5% level of probability was used in separating the means
Summary
Sesame (Sesanum indicum L.) is an annual flowering plant which is cultivated for its seeds. The plant grows to produce pods and it believed to be oldest cultivated oil seed in the world. Refers to as beniseed is one of the cultivated oil seed crops of the world. Sesame ranks the eight in the world production of edible oil seed, with higher oil content than other oil seeds It is grown mainly for its seeds that contain approximately 50% oil and 25% protein. The cultivation of sesame in Nigeria is gaining acceptance with an estimated 3.5 hectares on a sandy loam soil with a PH ranging from 5.5- 6.7 at a soil depth of 1.5-2.5cm at a spacing of 60 x 10 or 15 x 75 at a seed rate of 4kg/ha or when broadcasting at 5kg/ha preferably 2 plant per stand is optimal. The objective of the work is to come up with variety or varieties that will perform well in the area
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