Abstract

Urjii (Acc. 32615-1) a semi-erect white seeded field pea variety has been selected and developed by Sinana Agricultural Research Center. The variety was released in 2007 for Bale highlands and similar agroecologies.This variety was tested in a regional variety trial in 12 environments, at four locations (Sinana, Sinja, Selka and Agarfa) in the highlands of Bale for three consecutive years (2003/04 to 2005/06). Due to its superior performance Urjii was selected and verified at four locations during bona 2006/07 cropping season and, there after, released for production. This variety is characterized by a white seed coat, with a high yield and yield advantage of 6.62% and 23.2% over the standard and local checks respectively. It is stable, adapts well, has a large number of pods per plant, thousand seed weight, and is moderately tolerant to powdery mildew, downey mildew and ascochyta blight.Keywords: Urjii; Variety Registration

Highlights

  • Urjii (Acc. 32615-1) is a field pea variety developed and released in 2007 by Sinana Agricultural Research Center

  • After the regional variety trial had been conducted for three consecutive years (2003/04 to 2005/06), Urjii was verified over locations and evaluated by the National Variety Releasing Committee as per the guideline of the variety releasing and registration of the country during the 2007 cropping season

  • One hundred test lines were tested for the first time in a preliminary observation nursery in the 2000/01 cropping season at Sinana on-station

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Summary

Introduction

Urjii (Acc. 32615-1) is a field pea variety developed and released in 2007 by Sinana Agricultural Research Center. It was originally obtained from locally collected germplasm. It was tested at Sinana on-station in a preliminary and advanced observation nursery and regional preliminary yield before the regional variety trial was conducted. After the regional variety trial had been conducted for three consecutive years (2003/04 to 2005/06), Urjii was verified over locations and evaluated by the National Variety Releasing Committee as per the guideline of the variety releasing and registration of the country during the 2007 cropping season

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Varietal Characters
Yield Performance
Reaction to Disease
Adaptation

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