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Crop Variety Details for Common Bean/Haricot bean - Awash Mitin (Bifort small seeded -15)

ES Code 429:2012
Registered Variety Name Awash Mitin (Bifort small seeded -15)
Released in Issue No. 20
Common Name Common Bean/Haricot bean - Awash Mitin (Bifort small seeded -15)
Scientific Name Bifort small seeded -15
Released For (yield, drought, pest resistance...) Yield
Adaptation Area Adaptation areas: Moisture stress areas like centeral rift valley and similar agro ecologies.
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Variety Image No Image
Altitude (m.a.s.l) 1100-2100
Rainfall (mm) 500-1100
Soil Type Cambisols
Nutritional Merit Protine source
Year of Release Jan. 1, 2017
Breeder Seed Maintainer Melkassa ARC/EIRA
Planting Method both
Seed Rate (kg/ha) 80
Planting Dates At lowland areas like rift valley, early July
P2O5 Fertilizer Rate (kg/ha) 100
N Fertilizer Rate (kg/ha) 50
Days to heading/Flowering 47
Days to Maturity 94
Panicle Length (cm) --
1000 Seed Weight (g) 16.9
Seed Color White
Flower Color White
Leaf Arrangement Not mentioned
Crop Pest Reaction Resistance to common bacterial blight and hallo blight
On Farm Yield Amount (qt/ha) 19-23
On station Yield Amount (qt/ha) 20-25
Variety Maintenance Status None
Variety Source Domestic
date added March 5, 2026, 8:57 a.m.
date modified March 5, 2026, 8:57 a.m.
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