Effect of cultivar, parent corm pre-treatment and sucker size on enset (Ensete ventricosum, Musaceae) growth

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Karlsson, Laila M.Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Linköpings universitet,Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi,Tekniska fakulteten,Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Sweden,Institutionen för växtproduktionsekologi,Department of Crop Production Ecology,Linköping University (author)

Effect of cultivar, parent corm pre-treatment and sucker size on enset (Ensete ventricosum, Musaceae) growth

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2020-02-04
INT SOC HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE-ISHS,2020
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https://doi.org/10.17660/th2020/75.1.2DOI
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Funding Agencies|Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial PlanningSwedish Research Council Formas; Formas-Sida Sustainable Development in Developing Countries
In Ethiopia, enset (Ensete ventricosum, Musaceae) has been utilized as multipurpose crop since ancient time, being a measure for smallholder farmers to mitigate prolonged droughts and thus climate change effects. However, there is little research on enset agriculture to provide appropriate advice to farmers. Enset management relies on farmers indigenous knowledge, which shall be acknowledged, but must be tested and evaluated. Poor management practises are identified as a cause for low productivity. To test the effect of parent corm pre-treatment, cultivar and initial sucker size on further growth and development, 162 suckers from the six released enset cultivars (Endale, Gevvada, Kelisa, Mesena, Yanbule, and Zerita) were detached from parent corms and planted individually. Plant characteristics were recorded at planting and at yearly destructive sampling for three years, and after cutting off at soil surface at two years and allowing regrowth during additional two years. At all occasions, development of different characteristics depended on sucker size at planting. Cultivars differed by their inherent characteristics throughout the study, while propagation method had no effect on further growth. The results underline the importance of more research on improving the techniques of vegetative reproduction. Achieving large suckers at propagation has long-term benefits to the success in enset agriculture. The technical knowledge on planting material achieved in this study can directly be disseminated through agricultural extension and adopted by current enset farmers as well as new growers.

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LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske Jordbruksvetenskap hsv//swe
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Agricultural Science hsv//eng
LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske Trädgårdsvetenskap/hortikultur hsv//swe
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Horticulture hsv//eng
climate change mitigation; drought tolerance; Ethiopia; food security; indigenous crop; sustainable agriculture

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Dalbato, Abitew LagiboSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Institutionen för växtproduktionsekologi,Department of Crop Production Ecology,Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Sweden(Swepub:slu)92404 (author)
Tana, T.Haramaya Univ, Ethiopia; Univ Eswatini, Eswatini (author)
Linköpings universitetInstitutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi (creator_code:org_t)
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

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