Morphological Characters, Yield, and Chemical Composition Potentials of Desho Grass (Pennisetum glaucifolium H.) Intercropped with Vetch Species in the Highlands of Ethiopia

Table 1

Effect of harvesting age and intercropping of vetch species on morphology and dry matter yield forages.

Factors	Variables
HD	Forage species	PH (m)		NTPP (count)	NLPP (count)	LL (cm)	LSR	DMYTHA
		Desho	Vetch	Desho	Desho	Desho	Desho	Vetch	Desho	Vetch
90	Sole desho (Var-Kulumsa)	0.59^h	—	41.1^f	254.8^i	20.33^d	1.304^b	—	12.2^d	—
	Desho+V. sativa	0.64^g	0.6^e	37.37^g	298.5^h	18.67^e	1.35^b	2.05^d	8.08^g	6.61^e
	Desho+V. dayscarpa (Var-Lana)	0.81^e	1.35^d	42^ef	318.3^g	23.33^c	1.66^a	3.08^b	8.78^f	13.6^d
	Desho+V. villosa (Var-Gebisa)	0.83^e	1.4^c	42.3^ef	339.7^f	23.67^c	1.65^a	2.86^c	10.24^e	14.6^c
	Desho+V. villosa (Var-Lalisa)	0.97^d	1.413^ab	43.93^e	345.5^e	23.33^c	1.69^a	3.16^ab	12.25^d	15.534^b
120	Sole desho (Var-Kulumsa)	0.75^f	—	51.33^d	503.9^d	21^d	1.12^c	—	15.5^c	—
	Desho+V. sativa	0.83^e	0.61^e	54.97^c	538.8^c	23.33^c	1.11^c	2.05^d	10.65^e	6.6^e
	Desho+V. dayscarpa (Var-Lana)	1.12^b	1.36^d	64.13^b	618.8^b	26.67^a	1.28^b	3.08^b	15.3^c	14.01^cd
	Desho + V. villosa (Var-Lalisa)	1.08^c	1.406^bc	64.33^b	639^a	25.33^b	1.26^b	3.16^ab	16.2^b	15.25^b
	Desho+V. villosa (Var-Gebisa)	1.23^a	1.42^a	72.5^a	637^a	25.33^b	1.26^b	3.34^a	18.06^a	17.013^a
	Overall mean	0.89	1.195	51.4	449.5	23.1	1.37	2.84	12.72	12.91
	SEM	0.037	0.07	2.13	27.02	0.481	0.04	0.1	0.598	0.79
	SL
	CV	2.17	0.64	2.27	0.36	3.35	5.53	4.38	2.16	2.41
	-value	<0.0001	0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0005	<0.0001	0.00042
	R^2	0.994	0.999	0.993	0.999	0.932	0.92	0.956	0.995	0.995

TRT = Treatment, PH = plant height, NTPP = number of tillers per plant, NLPP = number of leaves per plant, LLPP = leaf length, SEM = standard error of mean, CV = coefficient of variation, SL = significant level, = significant at 0.001; means within column followed by the same letters are not significantly different R² = coefficient of determination.