Advances in Agriculture

Research Article

Determination of Optimum Level of Seeding Rate of Silver Leaf Desmodim Intercropping with Desho Grass for Dry Matter Yield and Yield-Related Components in Western Ethiopia

Table 3

Herbage dry matter yield and yield related traits of desho grass as affected by intercropping with different levels of seeding rates of silverleaf desmodium (SLD) at Bako, Ethiopia, in 2017 and 2018.


Year	DMY (ton ha⁻¹)	PLHT (cm)	Tilpp (no)	LSR

2017	14.23	40.67	49.39^b	1.16
2018	14.52	45.67	50.34^a	1.16
Treatments
Sole desho	15.96^a	40.50^b	53.64^a	1.12
Desho + SLD2	12.65^d	39.17^b	49.06^b	1.13
Desho + SLD4	13.88^c	44.17^ab	46.96^c	1.11
Desho + SLD6	14.86^b	48.83^a	43.95^d	1.09
Mean	14.34	43.17	48.40	1.13
SE	0.224	2.231	0.571	0.015
LSD (0.05)	0.668	6.656	1.705	0.045
P value
Year	0.47	0.06	0.002	0.07
Treatment (TRT)	0.001	0.06	0.001	0.06
Year × TRT	0.005	1.00	0.001	0.06

^a,b,c,dMeans with different superscripts along the column are significantly different. LSD, least significant difference; DMY (ton ha⁻¹), dry matter yield tons per hectare; PLHT, plant height; Tilpp, tiller per plant; LSR, leaf to stem ratio; SLD2, SLD4, SLD6, SLD seeding rates of 2, 4, and 6 kg ha⁻¹, respectively. Values are the means of 2 years and three replicates.