Preliminary Study for Production of Anchote (Coccinia abyssinica (Lam.) Cogn.) in Western Part of Ethiopia

Abstract

The experiment was carried out at Wollega University, Nekemte campus during 2013 crop growing season to evaluate 15 anchote genotypes for higher root tuber yield and other related agronomic traits. The treatments were arranged in randomized complete block design and each treatment was replicated three times. All management practices were uniformly applied in all plots. The results indicated that the genotypes were significantly (P≤0.01) different for days to 50 % flowering and days to 95% fruit setting while non significant (P>0.05) differences were observed for fruit length, fruit diameter, root length, root tuber diameter, and root tuber yield. Though not significant, genotypes were variable for all studied traits. Eight viz. Haro_2, Ilfata_2, Jalale_1, Babo_1, Ilfata_1, Gute_1, Tinfa_4, and Darabata_3 genotypes were selected for higher root tuber yield for further over locations adaptability testing.