Registration of Urjii, Field Pea Variety for Bale Highlands, Ethiopia

Abstract

Urjii (Acc. 32615-1) a semi-erect white seeded field pea variety has been selected and developed by Sinana Agricultural Research Center. The variety was released in 2007 for Bale highlands and similar agroecologies. This variety was tested in a regional variety trial in 12 environments, at four locations (Sinana, Sinja, Selka and Agarfa) in the highlands of Bale for three consecutive years (2003/04 to 2005/06). Due to its superior performance Urjii was selected and verified at four locations during bona 2006/07 cropping season and, there after, released for production. This variety is characterized by a white seed coat, with a high yield and yield advantage of 6.62% and 23.2% over the standard and local checks respectively. It is stable, adapts well, has a large number of pods per plant, thousand seed weight, and is moderately tolerant to powdery mildew, downey mildew and ascochyta blight. Keywords: Urjii ; Variety Registration