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

Table 2

Effect of fertilizer, cultivars type and soil type on morphological characteristics and forage yield of Brachiaria grasses.

Variables			Parameters
Soil type	FER	Cultivars	PLH (m)	NTPP (count)	NLPP (count)	LL (cm)	NRPP (count)	RL (cm)	LSR	DMY (ha)
Black	With	Mutica	1.55^a	40^bc	333.3^b	22^a	133.67^ef	13.6^bc	1.04^hi	20.37^a
		Mulato-II	0.82^d	46^a	380.93^a	20.2^b	154.3^bc	15.6^a	2.17^ab	18.61^b
		Mulato-I	0.52^fg	36.3^efg	233.7^de	17.9^cd	154.7^bc	11.9^de	1.96^abc	11.07^e
		Marandu	0.51^fg	29.8^j	185.03^fg	15.9^e	148.7^cd	13.8^bc	1.84^bcd	7.13^g
		La liberated	0.49^fg	26.2^k	153.49^ghij	13.6^hi	138.3^e	14.07^b	1.76^bcde	5.7^jkl
	Without	Mutica	1.12^c	32.2^hi	173.03^gh	18^c	113^h	10.13^fg	1.14^ghi	6.95^gh
		Mulato-II	0.55^f	36.3^efg	185.2^fg	17.5^cd	125.3^g	11.13^ef	1.52^defg	6.5^hi
		Mulato-I	0.37^ij	31.03^ij	157.27^ghi	15.2^ef	138^e	8.53^hi	1.47^efgh	5.33^kl
		Marandu	0.32^jk	26.67^k	143.15^hij	14.9^fg	137.3^e	7.8^i	1.78^bcde	3.85^n
		La liberated	0.35^jk	24.9^k	124.07^j	11.17^k	132.67^ef	7.6^i	1.3^fghi	2.75^o
Red	With	Mutica	1.45^b	41.67^b	264.0^c	17.03^d	134.53^ef	11.8^de	1.09^i	17.19^c
		Mulato-II	0.62^e	45.27^a	366.68^a	13.07^ij	163.33^a	14^b	1.98^abc	13.29^d
		Mulato-I	0.52^fg	39c^d	244.23^cd	12.57^j	147.3^d	9.8^fgh	1.82^bcd	11.55^e
		Marandu	0.5^fg	37.67^de	217.8^de	20.27^b	159.33^ab	11.9^de	2.27^a	6.02^ij
		La liberated	0.46^gh	36.03^efg	154.49^ghij	20.58^b	149.5^cd	12.6^cd	1.77^bcde	5.87^jk
	Without	Mutica	0.85^d	20.33^l	135.67^ij	14.7^fg	105.5^i	5.87^j	1.02^i	5.27^l
		Mulato-II	0.42^hi	34.8^fg	163.52^ghi	10.74^k	138^e	9.7^gh	1.7^cdef	8.2^f
		Mulato-I	0.36^ij	31.17^ij	208.97^ef	13.03^ij	133.3^ef	8.5^hi	1.68^cdef	5.65^jkl
		Marunda	0.38^ij	37.0^def	222.07^de	17.13^cd	134^ef	7.8^i	1.769^bcde	4.44^m
		La liberated	0.3^k	34.0^gh	208.5^ef	14.13^gh	129.67^fg	7.6^i	1.39^efghi	3.47^n
		Overall mean	0.62	34.32	212.76	15.98	138.53	10.69	1.63	8.46
		SEM	0.04	0.86	9.19	0.41	3.42	0.34	0.05	0.63
		CV	5.6	3.74	8.19	3.17	2.79	7.15	13.23	3.78
		R^2	0.993	0.974	0.963	0.983	0.952	0.948	0.805	0.997
		Sig

ST = soil type, FER = fertilizer, R² = coefficient of determination, CV = coefficient of variation, SEM; standard error mean; Sig = significance level.