Agronomic practices with a special focus on transplanting methods for optimum growth and yield of enset [Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman] in Ethiopia.
| dc.contributor.author | Blomme, G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jacobsen, K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tawle, K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yemataw, Z. | |
| dc.date | 2018 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-14T13:17:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-14T13:17:07Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/12207 | |
| dc.description | Introduction Transplanting enset suckers or plants is practiced by the majority of small-scale farmers across the enset-growing belt in Ethiopia. Enset suckers, obtained from a multiplication nursery, are first intensely managed in a small plot (one plant 0.5 1.0 m-2) from where plants are consecutively transplanted into ever more widely spaced arrangements with a final minimal spacing of one plant 2 4 m-2. This review summarizes relevant information on transplanting methods from randomized controlled field trials and on-farm observations. Results and discussion Transplanting frequency impacts the crop cycle duration and yield. Transplanting once results in plants with a higher growth rate and hence a shorter crop cycle, while more frequent transplanting results in higher yields per plant. For example, plants transplanted once were harvested at 2 years and yielded 27 kg dry matter (DM) plant-1, while plants transplanted two or three times were both harvested at 4.5 years and yielded, respectively, 44 and 31 kg DM plant-1. Conclusion This review endeavours to help determine the enset transplanting methods that give optimum growth, biomass production and yield. | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.title | Agronomic practices with a special focus on transplanting methods for optimum growth and yield of enset [Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman] in Ethiopia. | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.subject.frascati | Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
| dc.audience | Scientific | |
| dc.subject.free | Wood biology | |
| dc.source.title | Fruits | |
| dc.source.volume | 73 (6); Thematic issue Enset | |
| dc.source.page | 349-355 | |
| Orfeo.peerreviewed | Yes | |
| dc.identifier.doi | DOI: 10.17660/th2018/73.6.5 | |
| dc.identifier.rmca | 5457 |