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
1.55a
40bc
333.3b
22a
133.67ef
13.6bc
1.04hi
20.37a
Mulato-II
0.82d
46a
380.93a
20.2b
154.3bc
15.6a
2.17ab
18.61b
Mulato-I
0.52fg
36.3efg
233.7de
17.9cd
154.7bc
11.9de
1.96abc
11.07e
Marandu
0.51fg
29.8j
185.03fg
15.9e
148.7cd
13.8bc
1.84bcd
7.13g
La liberated
0.49fg
26.2k
153.49ghij
13.6hi
138.3e
14.07b
1.76bcde
5.7jkl
Without
Mutica
1.12c
32.2hi
173.03gh
18c
113h
10.13fg
1.14ghi
6.95gh
Mulato-II
0.55f
36.3efg
185.2fg
17.5cd
125.3g
11.13ef
1.52defg
6.5hi
Mulato-I
0.37ij
31.03ij
157.27ghi
15.2ef
138e
8.53hi
1.47efgh
5.33kl
Marandu
0.32jk
26.67k
143.15hij
14.9fg
137.3e
7.8i
1.78bcde
3.85n
La liberated
0.35jk
24.9k
124.07j
11.17k
132.67ef
7.6i
1.3fghi
2.75o
Red
With
Mutica
1.45b
41.67b
264.0c
17.03d
134.53ef
11.8de
1.09i
17.19c
Mulato-II
0.62e
45.27a
366.68a
13.07ij
163.33a
14b
1.98abc
13.29d
Mulato-I
0.52fg
39cd
244.23cd
12.57j
147.3d
9.8fgh
1.82bcd
11.55e
Marandu
0.5fg
37.67de
217.8de
20.27b
159.33ab
11.9de
2.27a
6.02ij
La liberated
0.46gh
36.03efg
154.49ghij
20.58b
149.5cd
12.6cd
1.77bcde
5.87jk
Without
Mutica
0.85d
20.33l
135.67ij
14.7fg
105.5i
5.87j
1.02i
5.27l
Mulato-II
0.42hi
34.8fg
163.52ghi
10.74k
138e
9.7gh
1.7cdef
8.2f
Mulato-I
0.36ij
31.17ij
208.97ef
13.03ij
133.3ef
8.5hi
1.68cdef
5.65jkl
Marunda
0.38ij
37.0def
222.07de
17.13cd
134ef
7.8i
1.769bcde
4.44m
La liberated
0.3k
34.0gh
208.5ef
14.13gh
129.67fg
7.6i
1.39efghi
3.47n
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
R2
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.