Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Variety Adaptation Trial for Moisture Stress Areas at Yabello District, Southern Oromia, Ethiopia

The field experiment was conducted at Yabello Onsite for three years; 2018, 2019 and 2023 on main cropping seasons. Six bread wheat varieties were evaluated. The trial was laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The experiment was objected to increase production and productivity of bread wheat and recommend best variety for agro-pastoralists and farmers in lowland agro-ecology and specifically to identify cultivars with better adaptability, high yielder and tolerant to drought. The combined analysis of variance showed that there was significant difference among varieties in yield and yield related traits in all cropping years. The highest grain yield was obtained from “Amibara-2” variety (3918.2 kg/ha) followed by “Fentalle-2” (3700.5<sup> </sup>kg/ha) while the lowest grain yield was recorded from werer-2 variety (3073.8 kg/ha). The result of the experiment suggests conducting research work on adaption trials of different crop enhances production and productivity for end users. Therefore, the identified varieties were suggested for further demonstration and popularization in Borana lowland and areas with similar agro-ecology.