Comparative Evaluations of Selected Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan) Genotypes for Biomass Yield, Nutrient Composition, and Dry Matter Intake under Diverse Locations of Tropical Africa

Table 3

Combined analysis of variance for quality parameters and daily dry matter intake of the selected ten pigeon pea genotypes tested across three environments (locations) in Ethiopia.

Genotypes	CP	Ash	NDF	ADF	ADL	IVOMD	DMI
ILRI 16274	191.5^cd	97.7	573.3^a	415.3^a	189^b	519.4	9.5^b
ILRI 16277	189.8^d	101.1	585.3^a	392.2^a	195.3^ab	519.3	10.3^b
ILRI 16520	200.4^bcd	92.0	549.9^ab	403.1^a	189.8^b	516.7	10.5^b
ILRI 16524	198.9^bcd	94.9	550.7^ab	409.1^a	194.6^ab	515.9	9.9^b
ILRI 16526	200.3^bcd	99.6	578.9^a	408.6^a	203.1^ab	518.8	9.3^b
ILRI 16528	198.0^bcd	97.1	582.8^a	407.5^a	200.3^ab	516.5	9.3^b
ILRI 16555	205.3^b	99.1	518.7^b	406.7^a	207.1^a	522.9	10.5^b
Belabas	201.6^bc	98.7	440.7^c	326.0^b	164.6^c	519.0	12.6^a
Degagsa	220.8^a	93.5	437.5^c	322.2^b	170.1^c	525.7	12.6^a
Tsigab	203.2^b	94.5	506.9^b	391.9^a	194.3^ab	520.2	10.7^b
Mean	201	96.8	532.5	388.3	190.8	519.5	10.5
LSD	11.3	0.96	47.9	24.1	1.5	9.9	1.63
CV	5.96	10.53	9.53	6.58	8.34	2.03	16.43
values
Genotype (G)	0.0002	0.5201	<0.0001	<0.00011	<0.0001	0.6767	0.0002
Environment (E)	<0.0001	0.0192	0.0043	0.0001	<0.0001	0.6867	0.0833
G  E	0.9772	0.1045	0.2287	0.5559	0.1912	0.9943	0.5144

Values are the means of two years as replicates. ^a,b,c,dMeans within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (). CP: crude protein; NDF: neutral detergent fiber; ADF: acid detergent fiber; ADL: acid detergent lignin; IVOMD: in vitro organic matter digestibility; DMI: dry matter intake; LSD: least significant difference; CV: coefficient of variation; ILRI: International Livestock Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.