Sweet Annual Lupins (Lupinus spp.); Their Adaptability and Productivity in Different Agro-ecological Zones of Ethiopia

摘要: White lupin (Lupinus albus L.) is an ancient traditional multipurpose crop in Ethiopia. However, its use as livestock feed and human food limited due to relatively high alkaloid content. With the objective of finding alternative, low annual lupin, experiment was conducted evaluate adaptability productivity sweet lupins four growing locations Fourteen cultivars two bitter including Local Landrace (from white, blue yellow species) were tested a randomized complete block design with three replications summer 2009. Except entry at Kossober-1 location, either had similar (P ≥ 0.0513) or significantly higher ≤ 0.0316) forage yield than entries other locations. Compared white group but 0.3635) cultivar, 0.0350) seed across all In terms Finoteselam local cultivar out yielded 0.0008) groups. This study showed that there potential cultivate areas Sweet can better adapt both mid altitude