Abstract            Volume:13  Issue-5  Year-2025         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

Field pea (Pisum sativum L.) is one of the leguminous crops that are rich in protein and essential amino acids. A field experiment was conducted during the 2021- 2023 cropping season consisting of eight (Arjo-1, Bilalo, Bursa, Dadimu, Gedo-1, Herena, Hortu and Weyib) improved field pea varieties and one local variety at Buno Bedele zone south western Oromia region to identify high yielding varieties. The experiment was carried out using a randomized complete block design with three replications at locations (Dabo Hana and Bedele). Data on yield and yield-related traits such as Days to flowering, Days to maturity, Plant height, number of pod per plant, number of seed per pods, and grain yield were recorded. Combined ANOVA over two locations revealed significant differences among varieties for days to flowering, days to maturity and number of seed per plant and non-significant for plant height, number of pod per plant and grain yield. However, the combined mean of grain yield of varieties indicated that Bursa (1542.10kgha^-1) and Bilalo (1540.46kgha^-1) varieties had the highest grain yield advantage over the other tested varieties without significant difference among the order, whereas Gedo-1 (1186.91kgha^-1) Arjo-1 (1287.79kgha^-1) and Woyib (1403.29kgha^-1) and local (1041.41kgha^-1) varieties manifested low grain yield. Generally, it is better if the work is repeated in the future for more justification since it was non-significant for grain yield before recommending the varieties for large scale production at the studied area.

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