Worku Kebede
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
8 Papers
10 Citations
Worku Kebede is an academic researcher from Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gene–environment interaction & Biology. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 8 publications.
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Papers
Significance and prospects of an orphan crop tef.
Solomon Chanyalew,Setotaw Ferede,Tebkew Damte,Tsion Fikre,Yazachew Genet,Worku Kebede,Kidist Tolossa,Zerihun Tadele,Kebebew Assefa +8 more
TL;DR: An overview of the significance and major production constraints of tef, and the major achievements made to date in various tef research aspects including breeding, agronomy, crop protection, and agricultural economics and extension are provided.
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Technology generation to dissemination: lessons learned from the tef improvement project
Gina Cannarozzi,Solomon Chanyalew,Kebebew Assefa,Abate Bekele,Regula Blösch,Annett Weichert,Dominik Klauser,Sonia Plaza-Wüthrich,Korinna Esfeld,Moritz Jöst,Abiel Rindisbacher,Habte Jifar,Victoria Johnson-Chadwick,Ermias Abate,Wuyan Wang,Rizqah Kamies,Negussu Husein,Worku Kebede,Kidist Tolosa,Yazachew Genet,Kidu Gebremeskel,Brikti Ferede,Firew Mekbib,Federico Martinelli,Hans Christian Pedersen,Suhail Rafudeen,Shimelis Hussein,Muluneh Tamiru,Naomi Nakayama,Mike Robinson,Ian Barker,Samuel C. Zeeman,Zerihun Tadele,Zerihun Tadele +33 more
TL;DR: Tef Improvement Project is described, which employs both conventional- and molecular-breeding techniques to improve tef—an orphan crop important to the food security in the Horn of Africa, a region of the world with recurring devastating famines and a new variety, Tesfa, developed in this pipeline and possessing a novel and desirable combination of traits.
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Tef (Eragrostis tef) Variety ‘Tesfa’
Worku Kebede,Kidist Tolossa,Nigussu Hussein,Tsion Genet,Abate Bekele,Kidu Gebremeskel,Atinkut Fentahun,Habte Jifar,Sonia Plaza Wüthrich,Solomon Chanyalew,Kebebew Assefa,Zerihun Tadele,Regula Blösch +12 more
TL;DR: አህፅሮት ጤፍ በኢቴዮጵያ ከሚ�‘ረቱ የገዳ ሰብሎች ዋና
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Tef (Eragrostis tef) Variety "Dagim"
Solomon Chanyalew,Kebebew Assefa,Mitiku Asfaw,Yazachew Genet,Kidist Tolossa,Worku Kebede,Tsion Fikre,Nigussu Hussen,Habte Jifar,Atinkut Fentahun,Kidu Gebremeskel,Girma Chemeda,Tegegn Belete +12 more
TL;DR: Results of combined data analysis across locations and over the years showed that candidate variety Dagem performed better than the two check and other test genotypes and was identified and released as best promising tef variety for production in the country.
Performance of Selected Tef Genotype for High Potential Areas of Ethiopia
Yazachew Genet,Tsion Fikre,Worku Kebede,Solomon Chanyalew,Kidist Tolosa,Kebebew Assefa +5 more
- 17 Aug 2020
TL;DR: This candidate variety proved stable across environments for grain yield during the variety evaluation experiment and was evaluated by the national variety released committee for release as a new variety for the year of 2019/20 and the technical committee approved it for fully released as new variety in 2020.