Evaluation of Seven Oat (Avena sativa) Genotypes for Biomass Yield and Quality Parameters under Different Locations of Western Oromia, Ethiopia

Table 3

Nutrient constituents of the seven oat genotypes at two locations (Bako and Boneya Boshe).

Location	Genotypes	DM%	Nutrient compositions (g/kg DM)						ME (MJ kg/DM)
			CP	Ash	NDF	ADF	ADL	IVOMD
Bako	ILRI 5453	60.93^a	63.5^ab	74.4	690.2^c	539.9^d	33.0^d	642.5^ab	9.64^ab
	ILRI 5518	54.81^b	61.2^bc	91.2	717.4^ab	610.4^a	64.0^a	613.9^c	9.21^c
	ILRI 6207	50.23^c	41.2^d	81.0	699.4^bc	610.1^a	41.1^c	615.2^bc	9.23^bc
	ILRI 6710	62.31^a	75.3^a	82.3	685.0^c	470.8^e	43.1^c	653.5^a	9.8^ac
	ILRI 712	53.45^b	57.3^bc	90.7	728.7^a	578.4^bc	68.0^a	617.9^bc	9.27^bc
	ILRI 8237	54.13^b	41.0^d	94.7	728.7^a	590.7^a	65.0^a	604.4^c	9.07^c
	Jasari (check)	54.15^b	48.6^cd	90.5	704.9^bc	570.1^c	51.9^b	603.0^c	9.05^c
	Overall mean	55.72	55.5	86.4	707.8	567.2	52.3	621.5	9.32
	LSD	3.15	1.3	1.5	2.32	1.94	0.53	2.77	0.41
	CV (%)	3.18	13.15	9.75	1.85	1.93	5.7	2.5	2.49
	= 0.05			ns
Boneya Boshe	ILRI 5453	58.08^ab	67.3^a	81.6	710.4^bc	515.6^d	34.3^c	657.5^a	9.86^a
	ILRI 5518	52.93^cd	55.1^b	91.4	690.2^c	627.9^ab	54.2^a	612.5^b	9.19^b
	ILRI 6207	53.21^cd	36.2^c	88.8	733.0^ab	636.3^a	45.5^b	594.0^c	8.91^c
	ILRI 6710	60.13^a	60.9^ab	90.1	658.8^d	477.6^e	30.0^c	666.7^a	10.0^a
	ILRI 712	55.31^bc	59.0^ab	89.5	711.3^bc	632.6^ab	55.6^a	577.5^d	8.66^d
	ILRI 8237	50.73^d	40.2^c	83.9	700.5^c	546.8^c	46.1^b	604.2^bc	9.06^bc
	Jasari (check)	51.63^d	59.6^ab	93.2	741.5^a	613.1^b	50.5^ab	604.8^bc	9.07^bc
	Overall mean	54.57	54.0	88.4	706.5	578.6	45.2	616.8	9.25
	LSD	3.04	0.99	0.78	2.3	2.04	0.74	1.63	0.24
	CV (%)	3.13	10.36	4.94	1.83	1.98	9.18	1.49	1.49
	= 0.05			ns

^a,b,c,dMeans within a row with different superscripts differ significantly ( < 0.05);  < 0.001;  < 0.01;  < 0.05; ns = nonsignificant; ILRI = International Livestock Research Institute.