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Journal of Agricultural and Crop Research

Research Article | Published May 2022 | Volume 10, Issue 2. pp. 33-42.

doi: https://doi.org/10.33495/jacr_v10i2.22.104

 

Diversity for growth, development and yield potentials among Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L Verdc) landraces for advancing food security in Ghana

 



 

 

Agyeman K.1*

Berchie J. N.1

Owusu Danquah E1

Yeboah S.1

Addo-Sarkodie J.2

Addy S. N. T. T.1

Adomako J.1

Amankwaa-Yeboah P.1

Marno P.1

Sakyiamah B.1

Obeng, E. A.1

 

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1. CSIR-Crops Research Institute, Kumasi, Ghana.

2. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.


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Citation: Agyeman K, Berchie JN, Danquah EO, Yeboah S, Addo-Sarkodie J, Addy SNTT, Adomako J, Amankwaa-Yeboah P, Marno P, Sakyiamah B, Obeng EA (2022). Diversity for growth, development and yield potentials among Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L Verdc) landraces for advancing food security in Ghana. J. Agric. Crop Res. 10(2):33-42. doi: 10.33495/jacr_v10i2.22.104.

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 Abstract 


The dependence on low-yield landraces and inadequate improved agronomic practices have contributed to the existing yield gap of crops. Diversifying crop species to include high-yielding and drought tolerant but underutilized crops and integrating them into cropping systems is an alternate means of addressing food insecurity. A major concern of farmers is the low and unstable yield output which requires the development of yield improvement technologies for enhanced Bambara production. A field trial was conducted at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI), over two growing seasons to determine the phenological and agronomic variation between eight bambara groundnut landraces, to identify landraces with productive and superior agronomic characteristics. The study utilized a randomized complete block design with three replications. The phenological (days to 50% flowering, days to physiological maturity and plant height) and yield (number of pods per plant, hundred seed weight, pod yield and dry matter) attributes were evaluated and showed substantial variations. The landraces Nav Red and Uniswa Red had the best pod yields of 1,672 and 1,640 kg ha-1 respectively in 2018. The landrace Nav Red stood out with superior development and yield qualities such as the number of pods per plant, hundred seed weight and dry pod yield. The research demonstrated that highly diverse populations with wide variability for maturity time could be subjected to routine selection for grain yield with a high degree of certainty. Also, genotypes with the highest grain yield are not necessarily those with the highest dry matter yields.

Keywords  Agronomic performance   morphology and phenology   landrace   pod yield  

 

 

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