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

Table 3

Effect of fertilizer, soil type and cultivars on chemical composition of Brachiaria cultivars.

Variables			Parameters (dry matter basis)
ST	FER	Cultivars	DM (%)	ASH (%)	OM (%)	NDF (%)	ADF (%)	ADL (%)
Black	WF	Mutica	93.89^ab	10.13^f	89.872^b	73.93^c	56.35^c	10.78^b
		Mulato-II	93.37^fgh	12.71^cd	87.29^ed	65.75^i	48.58^g	9.64^de
		Mulato-I	93.61^cdef	11.52^e	88.48^c	67.28^fghi	49.13^fg	10.67^bc
		Marandu	93.29^ghi	12.76^cd	87.24^ed	71.3^d	53.53^d	10.23c
		La liberated	93.4^fgh	12.98^c	87.024^e	66.51^ghi	52.46^de	9.48^de
	WO	Mutica	93.78^bcd	8.56^g	91.44^a	78.97^a	63.66^a	12.09^a
		Mulato-II	92.97^j	9.8^f	90.2^b	68.98^def	55.68^c	10.43^bc
		Mulato-I	93.9^ab	11.35^e	88.65^c	65.07^i	49.21^fg	9.14^ef
		Marandu	93.41^fgh	12.3^d	87.7^d	70.89^d	53.69^d	10.31^bc
		La liberated	93.53^efg	12.92^c	87.08^e	76.22^b	50.28^fg	8.94^f
Red	WF	Mutica	93.78^bcd	8.56^g	91.44^a	78.97^a	63.66^a	12.09^a
		Mulato-II	93.28^hi	11.391^e	88.61^c	68.46^efg	49.78^fg	9.78^d
		Mulato-I	93.55^def	11.18^e	88.82^c	66.09^hi	49.39^fg	10.77^b
		Marandu	93.07^ij	12.73^cd	87.27^ed	68.08^efgh	49.19^fg	9.43^def
		La liberated	93.4^fgh	13.58^b	86.42^f	69.05^def	50.9^ef	9.34^def
	WO	Mutica	93.82^abc	8.56^g	90.41b	77.91^ab	58.51^b	10.24^c
		Mulato-II	94.04^a	10.92^e	89.079c	69.74^de	49.84^fg	9.53^de
		Mulato-1	93.9^ab	11.35^e	88.65c	65.07^i	49.21^fg	9.14^ef
		Marandu	93.75^bcde	14.37^a	85.63^g	65.36^i	45.59^1h	9.35^def
		La liberated	93.39^fgh	13.58^b	86.42^f	69.05^def	50.9^ef	9.34^def
		Overall mean	93.56	11.6	88.39	70.13	52.48	10.04
		SEM	0.05	0.26	0.26	0.74	0.77	0.14
		CV	0.11	2.31	0.3	1.4	1.5	2.1
		R^2	0.937	0.986	0.986	0.976	0.986	0.972
		Sig

ST = soil type, FER = fertilizer, R² = coefficient of determination, CV = coefficient of variation, SEM = standard error mean; Sig = significance level, WF = with fertilization, WO = without fertilizer.