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Crop Variety Details for Common bean /Haricot bean - Nekeze ayfere (RAZ-42 )

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ES Code 429:2012
Registered Variety Name (Nekeze ayfere) RAZ-42
Variety Released in Issue No. 22
Common Name Common bean /Haricot bean - Nekeze ayfere (RAZ-42 )
Scientific Name RAZ-42
Released For (yield, drought, pest resistance...) Yield
seed 25
Variety Image No Image
Altitude (m.a.s.l) 1000-1750
Rainfall (mm) 500-850
Soil Type Cambisols
Nutritional Merit Iron content (ppm): 69 o Zinc content (ppm): 26
Year of Release Jan. 1, 2019
Breeder Seed Maintainer Melkassa ARC/EIAR/
Planting Method Row/Brodcast: 40 cm between row X 10 cm between plants)
Seed Rate (kg/ha) 80 with row planting
Planting Dates At lowland areas like rift valley, early July
P2O5 Fertilizer Rate (kg/ha) 100
N Fertilizer Rate (kg/ha) 50 (if not inoculated by rhizobia
Days to Heading 47
Days to Maturity 94
Panicle Length (cm) --
1000 Seed Weight (g) 20.2
Seed Color White
Flower Color White
Leaf Arrangement Not mentioned
Crop Pest Reaction Resistance to storage pest (bean bruchid) and disease common bacterial blight; moderately resistant to angular leaf spot and hallo blight
On Farm Yield Amount (qt/ha) 19-22
On station Yield Amount (qt/ha) 20-25
Variety Status Adaptation areas: Moisture stress areas such as Central Rift Valley and similar agro ecologies.
Variety Source Domestic
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