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Crop Variety Details for Sesame - Setit-3 (HuARC-4)

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ES Code 439:2012
Registered Variety Name Setit-3 (HuARC-4)
Variety Released in Issue No. 20
Common Name Sesame - Setit-3 (HuARC-4)
Scientific Name HuARC-4
Released For (yield, drought, pest resistance...) drought
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Variety Image No Image
Altitude (m.a.s.l) 600 - 1028
Rainfall (mm) 576 – 888
Soil Type Cambisols
Nutritional Merit Oil content (%): 54.4
Year of Release Jan. 1, 2017
Breeder Seed Maintainer Humera ARC/TRARI
Planting Method Row/Brodcast
Seed Rate (kg/ha) 1.5-3
Planting Dates Early July
P2O5 Fertilizer Rate (kg/ha) 100
N Fertilizer Rate (kg/ha) 50
Days to Heading 41
Days to Maturity 77
Panicle Length (cm) --
1000 Seed Weight (g) 2.7-3
Seed Color White
Flower Color Not mentioned
Leaf Arrangement Not mentioned
Crop Pest Reaction Moderately resistant for bacterial blight, relatively resistant to drought
On Farm Yield Amount (qt/ha) 6
On station Yield Amount (qt/ha) 8.67
Variety Status Adaption area: Low land areas of north western Ethiopia and similar agro-ecologies.
Variety Source Domestic
National Sesame - Setit-3 (HuARC-4)  Breeder Seed Stock =0 Quintal View Stock Detail
National Sesame - Setit-3 (HuARC-4) Prebasic Seed stock =0 Quintal View Stock Detail
National Sesame - Setit-3 (HuARC-4)  Basic Seed Stock =0 Quintal View Stock Detail
National Sesame - Setit-3 (HuARC-4)  Certified Seed Stock =0 Quintal View Stock Detail