Morphoagronomical and Nutritive Performance of Brachiaria Grasses Affected by Soil Type and Fertilizer Application Grown under Rainfed Condition in Ethiopia

Table 1

Soil sample chemical composition of experiment sites before planting.

Soil type	N (N = 12)	Soil chemical composition parameters
		PH	Organic carbon (%)	Organic matter (%)	Total nitrogen (%)	Available phosphorus (ppm)
Black	6	6.94^a	1.41	2.42^b	0.22	4.57^b
Red	6	5.45^b	1.64	2.86^a	0.23	7.49^a
Mean		6.194	1.52	2.64	0.225	6.03
SEM		0.22	0.06	0.11	0.01	0.43
Sig			Ns		Ns
CV		0.908	12.876	12.188	17.117	10.4

Ppm = part per million, SEM = standard error of the mean, CV = coefficient of variation, Ns = not significant, Sig = significance level.