Abstract: Sorghum is a critical crop especially in areas where there is inadequate moisture. Globally it is the 5th most important crop among the cereals and 2nd in ‘injera’ making next to ‘tef’ in Ethiopia. Genetic variation within crop genotypes has a greater contribution to do selection and important for identification of the well-performed genotypes for further breeding programs. The experiment was conducted at Yabello and Abaya, Southern Oromia, Ethiopia, during 2022 main cropping season using a total of 36 lowland sorghum genotypes. Simple lattice design 6x6 with two replications at both location was used to test the genetic variability between tested genotypes among traits considered. Data were recorded and analyzed for fourteen quantitative and three qualitative traits to test variability and select suitable genotypes. Results showed considerable amount of variation among genotypes in the studied traits. The outcome of the pooled data across locations showed that the genotypes with higher grain yield (kgha-1) are G26 (4994.2) followed by G33 (4707.6), G25 (4609.8), G11 (4395.1) and G1 (4385.1). Tested genotypes was grouped into five distinct classes. Therefore, better performed genotypes should be advanced to regional variety trial (RVT) to be repeated and finally to be released as new varieties.Abstract: Sorghum is a critical crop especially in areas where there is inadequate moisture. Globally it is the 5th most important crop among the cereals and 2nd in ‘injera’ making next to ‘tef’ in Ethiopia. Genetic variation within crop genotypes has a greater contribution to do selection and important for identification of the well-performed genotypes for ...Show More
