Evaluation location: Washington, United States
Seeds of 368 Eragrostis tef accessions were started in germination boxes of vermiculite moistened with tap water and sprayed with fungicide. The boxes were placed in natural light in a room maintained at 18 degrees C. As the seeds germinated 24 plants were planted in 6-pack plastic inserts filled with commercial potting soil. These plants were grown in a bubblehouse for approximately four weeks then moved to a lathhouse at Central Ferry, Washington to harden-off prior to planting. Accessions were planted, using a mechanical transplanter, in a replicated evaluation nursery at Central Ferry in May, 2010. There were four blocks with five plants in each plot. Plots were watered daily through drip irrigation for 15 minutes. Images were taken of the plots and plant heads in one of the blocks. In addition, data were collected for 13 descriptors on 7,160 plants.
Picture of the Eragrostis tef nursery
Field data in Excel sheet.