Diversity of Enset Landraces (<i>Ensete ventricosum</i> (Welw) Cheesman) in <i>Aleta Chuko District, Sidama Zone</i>, South Nation Nationality People and Regional State, Ethiopia

Amare Seifu Assefa; Daniel Fitamo

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Diversity of Enset Landraces (Ensete ventricosum (Welw) Cheesman) in Aleta Chuko District, Sidama Zone, South Nation Nationality People and Regional State, Ethiopia

Amare Seifu Assefa, Daniel Fitamo

Published in Journal of Plant Sciences (Volume 4, Issue 1)

Received: 10 November 2015 Accepted: 27 November 2015 Published: 8 January 2016

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the diversity of enset landraces in Aleta Chuko district. Accordingly, the study was conducted on the diversity of enset landraces in 125 randomly selected households at five different Kebeles (neighborhoods, the smallest administrative units in Ethiopia) in Aleta Chuko district, Southern Ethiopia. Based on the interview and filed observation 55 enset landraces from sampled households as well as additional 6 enset landraces from un-sampled households were recorded. There were variation in the diversity of enset landraces in the selected Kebeles of the district with altitudinal variation, the highest diversity being recorded in Lelawomerea with high altitude (r = 0.85, p <0.05) and lowest in Rufowayino (low altitude) with relative dissimilarity coefficient of 74%. The result from this study showed that diversity, richness, and evenness of enset landraces varied along the study Kebeles. These variations largely depend on elevation, climate, precipitation, availability of sucker, good management and presence of organic fertilizer (animal dung).

Published in	Journal of Plant Sciences (Volume 4, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.jps.20160401.11
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Diversity, Evenness, Landraces, Enset, Dissimilarity Coefficient and Richness

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Amare Seifu Assefa, Daniel Fitamo. Diversity of Enset Landraces (Ensete ventricosum (Welw) Cheesman) in Aleta Chuko District, Sidama Zone, South Nation Nationality People and Regional State, Ethiopia. J Plant Sci. 2016;4(1):1-7. doi: 10.11648/j.jps.20160401.11

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Amare Seifu Assefa

Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute (EBI), Genetic Resources Access and Benefit Sharing Directorate, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Daniel Fitamo

College of Agriculture, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia

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