Research Article
On-Farm Diversity of Enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) Landraces, Use, and the Associated Indigenous Knowledge in Adola Rede District, Guji Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia
Table 5
Farmers’ descriptors for the classification enset landraces in Adola Rede.
| SN | Criteria | Soft (Muklaafee) | Hard (Jabaa) |
| 1 | Maturity | Early mature | Late mature | 2 | Fibrosity | Low quality of fiber | High quality of fiber | 3 | Size | Small in size, pseudostem height, and pseudostem circumference | Large in size, pseudostem height, and pseudostem circumference | 4 | Disease resistance | Very susceptible to disease and pests | Highly resistant to disease and pests | 5 | Period of fermentation | Quickly fermented | Slowly fermented | 6 | Quality of amicho | High quality in amicho | Less quality in amicho |
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