Data is for current budget year ( 2018 E.C.)
| ES Code | |
| Registered Variety Name | Metekili (Acc. 005pw-2012) |
| Variety Released in Issue No. | 23 |
| Common Name | Finger Millet - Metekili (Acc. 005pw-2012) |
| Scientific Name | (Eleusine coracana.) |
| Released For (yield, drought, pest resistance...) | Yield, drought resistance |
| seed | 10 |
| Variety Image | No Image |
| Altitude (m.a.s.l) | 1000-2000 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1200-1700 |
| Soil Type | Vertisols |
| Nutritional Merit | Charbohaydrate |
| Year of Release | May 1, 2020 |
| Breeder Seed Maintainer | Pawe ARC/EIAR/ |
| Planting Method | Both broad casting and row sowing |
| Seed Rate (kg/ha) | 8 for row planting and 15 for broad casting |
| Planting Dates | Early June |
| P2O5 Fertilizer Rate (kg/ha) | 100 all at planting time |
| N Fertilizer Rate (kg/ha) | 50 (half at planting, half 30 days after emergence) |
| Days to Heading | 105 |
| Days to Maturity | 155 |
| Panicle Length (cm) | Not mentioned |
| 1000 Seed Weight (g) | 3 |
| Seed Color | Brown red |
| Flower Color | Not mentioned |
| Leaf Arrangement | Not mentioned |
| Crop Pest Reaction | Resistant to Blast diseases under natural condtion |
| On Farm Yield Amount (qt/ha) | 25.5- 30 |
| On station Yield Amount (qt/ha) | 28-38 |
| Variety Status | New variety - Adaptation area is Western part of Ethiopia, (Awi and Metekel Zone) & similar agro ecologies. |
| Variety Source | Domestic |