Horticulture and Plant Science
Recent Submissions
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Shiferaw Demissie Tola; Beira H. Meressa; Diriba Muleta; Fassil Assefa
(2025-01-06)
Hot pepper is a popular crop in Ethiopia, widely cultivated for consumption and as a significant
source of income for smallholder farmers. It also contributes to the overall economy of the
country. Among vegetables and ...
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Mulgeta W/Michael Fita; Milkiyas Ahmed; Gezahegn Berecha
(2025-06-27)
Soil acidity is one of the major obstacles to soybean production in south western Ethiopia,
reducing availability of phosphorus (P) which plays a crucial role in the energy-intensive
process of nitrogen fixation. ...
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Melkamu Genet Worku; Wosene Gebreselassie; Tsegaye Getahun
(2024-06-27)
Sweet sorghum is a cereal crop that can grow for multiple purpose uses. Despite its global
significance and potential, it faced genetic erosion, due to its low productivity and low
farmers’ preferences over grain ...
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Jihad Husen; Amsalu Nebiyu; Merkeb Getachew
(2024-06-27)
The gradual decrease in land holdings for food production is alarming over time to meet the
increasing food demand of the increasing population all over the world particularly in
developing nations like Ethiopia. ...
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Garoma Firdisa Bekele; Amsalu Nebiyu; Gedefa Sori
(2024-06-27)
Soybean is high quality protein source for resource poor families and oil crop in Ethiopia,
but low phosphorus levels and soil acidity limit yields in the Buno Bedele area. Therefore,
the aim of this study is to ...
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Degefa Elyas Keba; Solomon Tulu; Amsalu Nebiyu
(2024-05-27)
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important legume crop with high food and
industrial use in Western Ethiopia. However, the productivity of the crop is extremely low,
which could be attributed to low soil ...
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Shiferaw Demissie Tola; Beira H. Meressa; Diriba Muleta; Fassil Assefa
(2025-01-27)
Hot pepper is a popular crop in Ethiopia, widely cultivated for consumption and as a significant
source of income for smallholder farmers. It also contributes to the overall economy of the
country. Among vegetables and ...
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Gezahegn Berecha; Adugna Debela; Taye Kufa
(2025-06-27)
Ethiopian coffee has a distinctive quality that is gifted by nature. Though improving yield and quality
is a challenging process, identifying gaps in the natural quality of coffee produced in major coffee
growing regions ...
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Mustefa Edao; Amsalu Nebiyu; Milkiyas Ahmed
(2024-06)
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a fundamental staple food crop in Ethiopia, with widespread cultivation
and consumption across various regions. Despite continuous growth, maize yields in the study
area have not reached their full ...
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Melkamu Genet; Wosene Gebreselassie; Tsegaye Getahun
(2024-06)
Sweet sorghum is a cereal crop that can grow for multiple purpose uses. Despite its global
significance and potential, it faced genetic erosion, due to its low productivity and low
farmers’ preferences over grain sorghum, ...
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Megersa Abdisa; Wakuma Bayissa; Allo Aman
(2024-06)
Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is globally an important cereal crop, mainly used for food, animal
feed and brewing. In Ethiopia, it is the fifth most important cereal crop after teff, wheat, maize
and sorghum both in terms ...
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Lemesa Emisha; Jima Nego; Amsalu Nebiyu
(2024-06)
Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) is a pulse crop with multiple food and economic advantages for small-scale
farmers.However, decline in soil fertility due to nutrient depletion and the cost of fertilizers has been ...
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Jihad Husen; Amsalu Nebiyu; Merkeb Getachew
(2024-06)
The gradual decrease in land holdings for food production is alarming over time to meet the
increasing food demand of the increasing population all over the world particularly in
developing nations like Ethiopia. Cultivating ...
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Hambissa Feyissa; Mohammed Worku; Jima Nego
(2024-06)
Low soil fertility and poor crop management practices including use of inappropriate
seeding rate are among the major constraints limiting the productivity of wheat in Ethiopia in
general and in the study area in particular. ...
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Getu Abera; Girma Adugna; Beira H. Meressa
(2024-06)
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important grain directly consumed in the human
diet, accounting to half of the grain legumes consumed worldwide. Angular leaf spots (ALS),
caused by Pseudocercospora griseola ...
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Garoma Firdisa; Amsalu Nebiyu; Gedefa Sori
(2024-06)
Soybean is high quality protein source for resource poor families and oil crop in Ethiopia,
but low phosphorus levels and soil acidity limit yields in the Buno Bedele area. Therefore,
the aim of this study is to investigate ...
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Ermias Elias; Esayas Mendesil; Chemeda Abedeta
(2024-06)
Enset root mealybug (Paraputo ensete) is a major pest of enset plant that hinders the growth and
productivity of the enset plant in study area. In the study area, there is no information available to
enset producing ...
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Deme Megersa; Solomon Tulu; Amsalu Nebiyu
(2024-06)
Bread wheat is one of the key food crops in the study area and grown for home consumption,
market and strategic crop to address food security in Ethiopia. However, the productivity and
yield is mostly constrained by soil ...
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Teshome ashagrie; Derbew Belew; Amsalu Nebiyu
(2024-10)
Onion (Allium cepa L.) is one of the most important vegetable crops in Ethiopia. However,
the yield and quality of both bulb and seed production are far below the global average due
to several factors. Practices such as ...
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Elfinesh Firdissa; Ali Mohammed; Gezahegn Berecha
(2024-11)
Proper coffee processing plays a crucial role in enhancing coffee quality and market value,
with factors like growing conditions, processing, and drying techniques directly influencing
cup quality and biochemical ...
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