📋 Amerat

💡 Landrace Details: This page shows all records for Amerat from the database. Each row represents one study or reference that mentions this landrace.
5 total records 4 zones 5 study categories 5 unique citations ⬇️ Export CSV
📌 Zones: Gurage Zone (2) SNNPRS (1) Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples (1) Silte, Gurage, Kembata-Tembaro, Hadiya, Wolaita, Dawro, Gedeo, Sidama (1)
# Zone Woreda Category Description Citation
1 Gurage Zone Gumer, Enor, Cheha, Ezhe Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Medicine Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Distribution:?Medium distribution across study woredas.?Agroecology:?Adapted to highland (H), midland (M), and lowland (L) agroecologies.?Medicinal:?Used for various medicinal purposes. Negassa et al. 2025
2 Gurage Zone Various Biochemistry & Nutrition Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Major Use:?Food.?Predominant Character:?Good kocho quality.?Proximate Composition (dry matter):?Moisture 69.06%; Crude fibre 4.43% (highest among tested landraces); Ash 2.22%; Crude fat 0.64%; Crude protein 3.37%; Total carbohydrate 79.39%.?Mineral Composition (mg/100g):?Ca 114.10; Mg 15.52 (highest); P 94.76 (lowest); K 1654.20 (highest); Na 22.50 (highest); Fe 2.81; Zn 5.22; Cu 0.71; Mn 1.08.?Phytochemical Composition (mg/g):?Phytate 152.12; Tannin 103.56.?Key Finding:?Highest crude fibre, magnesium, potassium, sodium, and manganese; highest tannin content. Nuraga et al. 2019
3 Silte, Gurage, Kembata-Tembaro, Hadiya, Wolaita, Dawro, Gedeo, Sidama Various Genetic Resources & Diversity **Distribution:** Silte (4), Gurage (4), Kembata-Tembaro (1), Hadiya (1), Wolaita (0), Dawro (0), Gedeo (0), Sidama (0). **Total:** 10. Yemataw 2018
4 SNNPRS Various Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge Morphological:?Documented landrace identified through farmers' indigenous knowledge.?Agronomic:?Cultivated as part of enset-based farming system.?Use:?Used for food production. Part of the 312 folk landraces documented in SNNPRS. Yemataw et al. 2016
5 Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Gurage Genetics & Genomics Molecular:?Genotyped using tGBS technology.?Type:?Domesticated.?Sample ID:?P1EN006.?Coordinates:?8.1?N, 38.0?E.?Collection Date:?04/02/2018. Yemataw et al. 2020