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Response of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) to seed treatment in Central Kenya

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Title Response of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) to seed treatment in Central Kenya
 
Creator Waswa, Boaz Shaban
Kamau, Eliezah
Karanja, David
Mairura, Franklin
 
Subject seed treatment
common beans
kenya
diseases
productivity
phaseolus
performance assessment
 
Description Seed treatment presents an opportunity to boost bean productivity; however, the technology has not been widely tested in Kenya and the sub Saharan Africa region. An experiment was carried out at Kandara, Central Kenya to compare the effects of seed treatment applications on bean performance. The split-plot design experiment with three replicates included four seed treatment products: Apron Star, Seed Plus, Gro Plus and TriCoat applied at recommended and half recommended rates with two bean varieties as test crop. Split-plot ANOVA was implemented using Genstat and agricolae R procedures to compare the effects of seed treatment applications on aphid pest severity and bean performance parameters. Varietal performance differences to the seed treatment were observed with Nyota variety performing better than KATB1. Generally, Apron Star at recommended rates reported lowest pest incidences and consistent bean performance over the two cropping seasons. Consistent treatment effects were observed for recommended rates compared to half rate applications. Under favorable environmental conditions, use of the seed treatment products alone produced yields comparable to the fertilizer treatment. The benefits observed from use of seed treatment technology makes it a potentially sustainable strategy for improving productivity for cash strapped small-scale producers in the region.
 
Date 2022-02
2023-01-13T09:21:31Z
2023-01-13T09:21:31Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Waswa, B.S.; Kamau, E.; Karanja, D.; Mairura, F. (2022) Response of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) to seed treatment in Central Kenya. African Journal of Agricultural Research 18(2) p. 95-105. ISSN: 1991-637X
1991-637X
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127033
http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/AJAR2021.15808
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 95-105
application/pdf
 
Publisher Academic Journal
 
Source African Journal of Agricultural Research