Analysis Of Ten Landraces Of African Yam Bean Sphenostylis Stenocarpa Hochst Ex. A. Rich) Harms For Grain Yield And Yield Components In Uzuakoli, Bende L.G.A. In South Eastern Nigeria.

ABSTRACT

A fled evjeulienl was conducted at i ;'uakoh in 2002 2003 CFOppii1 season to tnuitvse tue Lrain yield and t lie yield components of I 0 laidraccs of Afticati vaili bean Sp/wiiety/is .fc'/1oca/p(i (i-tochst Ex. A. Rich) I larnis. I'he treatments consisted of ( t Jgwuckc 0 1 Isieke- 02, Item- 03., IJm-Fzechi- 0.1. Ozui tern- 05. Isi ato- 00 Ikwuano- 07, I.Jzual oil- 0t, Okporoenvi- 00 and Akacze- I 0) ihe cNpenmenl \\ aslaid out in randoriiizecl coniiIete block desiizn ( RCUI)) with fiir replicates. The results obtained froni the study indicated that die mean grain ield per hectare was signi fcant!v different at <:() 01 with Ozuitem and item cuitivars identiied among the treatments as liaeest yielder, while the poorest yielder were tiuwueke and I siato cultvars. Also, the result obtained froni leaf area, number of leaves, days from planting to flowering, number of flowers produced, pod length, day to pod maturity, number of pods, number of seeds per pod across die treatments were highly significantly different at P<0.0 I while vine length and I 00 seed weiht of the treatments were not significant at P<0.0 I.

Table of Contents

Title Page

Dedication

Acknowledgement ii

Table of Contents iii

List of Tables iv

Definition of Symbols v

Abstract vi

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Chapter 3: Materials and Method

Chapter 4: Results

Recommendation/Conclusion

References 23-24

Appendix 1 25

Appendix U 26

Appendix lii 27

Appendix IV 28

Appendix V 29

Appendix VI 30

Appendix VII 3 1

Appendix VITI 32

Appendix IX 33

AppendixX 34

Appendix XI 35

Appendix XII 36