TY - JOUR ID - TI - Review paper on diversity, management practices and genetic erosion of enset (E. Ventricosum (Welw) Chessman) in South and Southwest Ethiopia Review paper on diversity, management practices and genetic erosion of enset (E. Ventricosum (Welw) Chessman) in South and Southwest Ethiopia AU - Neim Semman AbaDura PY - 2021 VL - 9 IS - 2 SP - 45 EP - 50 JO - Journal of Genetic and Environmental Resources Conservation مجلة صيانة المصادر الوراثية والبيئية SN - 23068663 23068280 AB - Ethiopia is the home of diversity for different crops. Of these crop enset is the only domesticated and serve as food security in South Nation Nationality People Regional State of Ethiopia. This region is well known by its broad enset genetic bases on which more than 75% of residents depend on. Though the plant is the endemic and source of food security crop for Ethiopian, compiled document on its diversity, production constraints, its agronomic and management practices as well as farmers’ perception on its future fate were little reviewed and organized. The objective of this paper is so, to review existed enset diversity, production status, related challenges and their management practices in Ethiopia. The review of different articles revealed that there were more than 220 enset clones in producing regions. These all clones varied morphologically as well as biochemically. Additionally, study conducted by different authors on molecular characterization also indicated that there were great variations among few studied clones. Different sources undertaken on production of enset noted that the cultivation of enset was started decreasing gradually every year due to biotic (disease, pig, porcupine and mole rat) and abiotic (drought, climate change) factors as well as lack of labor forces which caused by emigration and lack of interest of young generation in enset cultivation, shifting from enset farm to cash crop. But, elder farmers in producing area tried different mechanism against these factors to sustain their dependable crop which include using steel trap and digging out, flooding, poisoning, smoking for mammalian enemies and discarding of infected enset, soil fertility improvement by manure application and using traditional believe for disease.

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