December 2015

Effects of different treatments for the control of Callosobruchus chinensis L. on proximate composition of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), in Meskan district, Ethiopia

Chickpea, Cicer arietinum L. is one of the major pulses grown in Ethiopia and provides an important source of food and nutritional security for the rural poor. However; chickpea seeds are heavily damage by bruchids and suffer heavy loss in quantity and quality. This study was conducted to determine the effects of different storage treatments on proximate properties of stored improved and local chickpea varieties over...

Author(s): Kebebush Tessema, Fikre Teferra Tadesse and Henok Kurabachew