Abstract:
Domesticated enset primarily propagated
through a vegetative method developed by farmers. A series
of experiments were carried out to determine the optimal
age of the parent plant, and to evaluate the shoot regenera-
tion efficiency of enset landraces using different corm types.
In the initial trial, four landraces (Bosso, Gudiro, Yekko,
and Chikaro) and four age groups (one to four years old)
of corms were used. The subsequent experiment involved
three corm types: whole, halved, and quartered, arranged
in a factorial combination with wild and three domesticated
landraces (Gudiro, Bosso, and Yekko). In the first experi-
ment, the highest number of shoots (465 shoots per corm)
was observed in corms obtained from a three-year-old Yekko
landrace, while the lowest number of shoots (42 shoots per
corm) was obtained from a one-year-old corm of the Bosso
landrace. In the second experiment, we noted significant dif-
ferences in the ability to regenerate between landrace and
corm types. The most prolific shoot multiplication rate (500
shoots per corm) was observed in quartered corms of the
