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Table 9 Ash content (%) of oats–vetch mixtures at different harvesting stages

From: Evaluation of biomass yield and nutritional quality of oats–vetch mixtures at different harvesting stage under residual moisture in Fogera District, Ethiopia

Oats–vetch mixtures

Harvesting stages

HS1

HS2

HS3

Mean

Oats CI-8237 + Vicia villosa (O1V1)

12.25a

10.97cde

11.18bcd

11.47

Oats CI-8237 + Vicia dasycarpa (O1V2)

11.75abc

10.89cde

10.37de

11.00

Oats CI-8251 + Vicia villosa (O2V1)

12.24a

11.17bcd

10.97cde

11.46

Oats CI-8251 + Vicia dasycarpa (O2V2)

11.90ab

11.02bcde

10.23e

11.05

Mean

12.03a

11.02b

10.69b

11.25

SE

0.47

   

CV

4.19

   

P value (mixtures)

0.078

   
  1. SE standard error, CV coefficient of variation, HS harvesting stage
  2. a–eMean values with different superscripts across a row is significantly different (P < 0.001)