Forage Yield Performance of Stylosanthes Accessions in Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Western Ethiopia

Abstract

Three Stylosanthes hamata accessions (S. hamata 167, S. hamata 75, and S. hamata 15876) and one accession of S. scabra (S. scabra 441) were evaluated for their agronomical performance under two environmental conditions of Benishangul-Gumuz region state, Western Ethiopia. The experiment was carried out at Kamash and Assosa Forage research station of Assosa Agricultural Research Center and the locations were purposively selected to represent lowland and mid-altitude agro-ecologies, respectively. The experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Environment was significantly (P 0.05) for all measured parameters and this indicated consistency in the performance of the genotypes across the environment and this leads to conclude no need for assessing performance to identify Stylosanthes genotypes with stable and superior yield across the environments.