Agronomic characterisation of farmer preferred pigeon pea landraces in Uganda
Abstract
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The study to evaluate and compare the agronomic performance
of a collection of pigeon pea landraces from Malawi and Uganda
was conducted at two sites in Uganda. Three experiments were
laid out in a partial lattice design with two replications per
location. High significant differences (P<0.001) were detected
on yield and its components such as 100 seed weight (g), pods
per plant and so were flowering and maturity periods for both
within and across sites and seasons. Cross site yield analysis
was done on 54 pigeon pea land races. Landraces 2256, 2306
and AP 02 outyielded the local check 20 L by 20% (1233 kg/ha
versus 1145 kg/ha) and doubled yield under farmers’
management (450 kg/ha). Therefore, further screening and
selection of these landraces provide a potential source of parental
breeding lines.
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