Green Fodder Production and Water Use Efficiency of Some Forage Crops under Hydroponic Conditions

Table 1

Green fodder (fresh), dry yields, and the ratio of produced green fodder: initial planted seeds weight for the studied forage crops under hydroponic conditions.

Crop	Green fodder yield^§	Dry fodder yield^§	Moisture content	Green fodder: initial seeds wt
	Ton/ha	Ton/ha	%
Alfalfa	194 a*	15.9 c	91.8 a	11.5 a
Barley	200 a	34.0 a	83.0 b	7.0 b
Cowpea	217 a	32.6 a	85.0 b	5.5 c
Sorghum	145 b	27.6 b	81.0 b	4.5 c
Wheat	131 b	22.9 b	82.5 b	4.7 c

^§Based on one production cycle (8 days).
*Means for each trait followed by the same letter are not significantly different at 𝑃≤0.05 according to the least significant difference (LSD) test.