Phenotypic screening and performance evaluation of durum wheat landraces in the highland areas of North Gondar

Abstract

Durum wheat (2n=28, AABB, Triticum turgidium L. ssp. Durum) is the most commonly cultivated form of allotetraploid wheat and is grown on 8% of the world’s wheat area. The trial was conducted at Dabat Station of Gondar Agricultural Research Center, northern Ethiopia, with the objective of screening and advancing the best-performed landraces with respect to disease and other quantitative parameters. One hundred durum wheat landraces were evaluated using a 10*10 simple lattice design. The analysis of variance revealed the presence of highly significant (p