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

Table 4

Effect of fertilizer, soil type, and cultivars on nutritive values of Brachiaria grasses.

Variables			Parameters (dry matter basis)
ST	FER	Cultivars	CP (%)	CPY (t/ha)	IVDMD (%)	IVOMD (%)	ME (MJ/kg)
Black	With	Mutica	10.78^f	2.2^b	55.25^g	48.32^ghi	7.27^ef
		Mulato-II	13.04^bc	2.43^a	65.82^abc	57.24^ab	8.21^bc
		Mulato-I	12.7^cd	1.41^d	68.77^a	60.5^a	8.78^a
		Marandu	13.78^a	0.98^e	57.1f^g	49.35^fgh	7.17^ef
		La liberated	11.6^e	0.66^h	60.42^def	52.2^def	7.52^de
	Without	Mutica	7.2^k	0.5^i	52.24^h	46.15^hi	7.12^ef
		Mulato-II	8.65^j	0.96^e	52.36^h	45.5^i	6.92^f
		Mulato-I	9.2^h	0.49^i	67.72^ab	58.78^ab	8.56^ab
		Marandu	9.97^g	0.38^k	57.57^efg	49.99^efg	7.3^def
		La liberated	8.03^j	0.22^m	60.85^de	52.54^cdef	7.57^de
Red	With	Mutica	10.3^g	1.77^c	52.24^h	46.15^hi	7.12^ef
		Mulato-II	13.21^bc	1.75^c	64.35^bc	55.91^bc	8.17^bc
		Mulato-I	12.6^d	1.46^d	68.45^a	60.56^a	8.82^a
		Marandu	14.02^a	0.67^h	66.98^ab	58.34^ab	8.36^ab
		La liberated	11.31^e	0.66^h	62.6^cd	53.37^cde	7.62^de
	Without	Mutica	7.1^k	0.43^jk	47.27^i	40.7^j	6.28^g
		Mulato-II	9.02^hi	0.74^g	58.89^ef	51.37^efg	7.61^de
		Mulato-I	8.8^i	0.5^i	67.72^ab	58.78^ab	8.56^ab
		Marunda	10.7^f	0.84^k	64.41^bc	55.36^bcd	7.79^cd
		La liberated	8.19^j	0.28^l	62.59^cd	53.36^cde	7.62^de
		Overall mean	10.55	0.96	60.68	52.72	7.72
		SEM	0.34	0.1	1.01	0.89	0.11
		CV	1.62	2.58	2.55	3.00	2.72
		R^2	0.997	0.999	0.979	0.959	0.952
		Sig

ST = soil type, FER = fertilization, CP = crude protein, CPY = crude protein yield, IVDMD = in vitro dry matter digestibility, IVOMD = in vitro organic matter digestibility, ME = metabolizable energy, coefficient of determination, CV = coefficient of variation, SEM = standard error of mean, Sig = significance level.