Participatory variety selection of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in highland areas of North Gondar, Ethiopia

Abstract

Wheat is one of Ethiopia\'s most important crops, serving as a source of food security, import-substitution, and raw material for the agro-processing industry. Farmers use Participatory Variety Selection (PVS) to recognize and pick improved varieties in a reasonable time frame, thus overcoming the constraints that force farmers to grow old or obsolete varieties. Eleven bread wheat varieties including the local check were tested at Debark and Dabat districts during 2016 main cropping season. The objective of this experiment was to select best adaptive and high yielder variety with the participation of farmers. The experiment was conducted as mother and baby trial fashion. The Mother trial was laid on randomized complete block design with three replications. The combined analysis of variance across locations indicated that there was highly significant difference (p