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Table 3 Mean chemical composition, yield of Bracheriea ecotypes

From: Evaluation of morphological characteristics, yield and nutritive value of Brachiaria grass ecotypes in northwestern Ethiopia

Factor

Parameters

DM (%)

DMY (t/ha)

Ash (%)

CP (%)

CPY (t/ha)

NDF (%)

ADF (%)

ADL (%)

Cultivars

 Eth. 13726

36.71b

4.05b

10.87

11.23

0.38b

69.56

50.77a

15.30a

 Eth. 13809

37.75a

5.91a

12.34

11.35

0.66a

65.47

43.47b

11.13b

 Eth. 1377

35.71c

5.09ab

11.27

10.94

0.52ab

67.72

46.81b

13.31ab

 Overall mean

36.72

5.02

11.49

11.17

0.52

67.59

47.02

13.24

 Overall SE

0.319

0.47

0.53

0.74

0.05

1.32

1.26

0.64

 CV (%)

0.60

16.63

13.73

11.27

26.77

7.03

5.97

13.14

 Sig

***

**

NS

NS

**

NS

**

**

Altitudes

 Low

37.77a

5.93a

12.22a

12.59a

0.71a

68.17

47.14

12.83

 Mid

36.61b

5.10ab

10.09b

11.35a

0.50b

66.08

46.35

13.83

 High

35.79c

4.02b

12.17ab

9.56b

0.35b

68.51

47.56

13.08

 Sig

***

**

*

**

**

NS

NS

NS

Harvesting dates

 60

35.49c

2.43c

12.20

15.00a

0.37b

61.60b

40.65c

10.30c

 90

36.64b

5.29b

10.82

10.46b

0.58a

67.08b

47.52b

13.40b

 120

38.05a

7.33a

11.47

8.05c

0.60a

74.08a

52.88a

16.04a

 Sig

***

***

NS

***

*

**

***

***

P value

 cul*al

**

NS

**

**

*

NS

NS

NS

 cul*hd

**

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

 al*hd

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

 Interaction

***

***

*

***

*

NS

**

*

  1. DM dry matter, DMY dry matter yield, CP crude protein, CPY crude protein yield, NDF neutral detergent fiber, ADF acid detergent fiber, ADL acid detergent lignin
  2. Mean values followed by a different lowercase superscript letter in the same column are statistically significant at P < 0.05