Achievements
2018/2019 Achievements
- Major tasks accomplished
1.1 Germplasm acquisitions and transfer
Thirty six advanced genotypes and three released B.carinatavarieties are acquired form Holetta Agricultural Research Center of EIAR, Oilseeds Research Program. These genotypes would be used as study materials for both research work conducted in Ethiopia as well as SLU, Sweden. Among these germplasms, five germplasms have been sent to SLU for protoplast optimizations experiment. The name and description of the B. carinata which have sent to SLU is presented in Table 1 below.
Table 1. Description of genotypes and varieties of Brasssicacarinata which has been sent at SLU
| No | Variety name/advanced name | Breeding designation | Seed color | Year of release | Remark |
| 1 | Yellow Doddola | Mixed D X C90-14 | Yellow | 1986 | Released variety |
| 2 | Tesfa | S-67xHoletta-1/9/2/18/2/45/3 | Yellow | 2017 | Released variety |
| 3 | Derash | S-67XHoletta-1/7/2/14/2/28/2
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Yellow | 2017 | Released variety |
| 4 | Advanced line-1 | S-67x Holetta-1/7/1/13/1/25/3
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Brown | – | Pipeline variety |
| 5 | Advanced line-2 | S-67x Holetta-1/8/2/16/2/30/3
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Brown | – | Pipeline variety |
1.2 Characterization of the genotypes for agro-morphological and quality traits
The genotypes used for this project have been characterized for agro-morphological traits. These traits involve temporal data, yield and yield component and oil content. The type of data collected and methods of collection is presented in Table 2.
Table 2. Data collected for 36 B. carinata genotypes used for characterizations
| Data categories | Data collected | Methods of data collection |
| Temporal data | Date of flowering, Date of maturity | In plot bases |
| Yield and yield component data | Yield, Plant height, and Thousands seed weight (TSW) | In 10 plant bases |
| Oil content | Oil (%) and oil yield | Using NMR |