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 4

DMY and plant height of SLD intercropped with desho grass at different levels of seeding rates at Bako, Ethiopia, in 2017 and 2018.

Treatments	DMY (ton ha^−1)	Plant height SLD (cm)
Sole SLD	4.24^a	101.63^b
Desho + SLD2	1.28^d	102.83^ab
Desho + SLD4	1.88^c	103.77^ab
Desho + SLD6	2.41^b	105.61^a
Mean	2.45	103.46
SE	0.145	1.227
LSD (0.05)	0.434	3.659
P value (0.05)	0.001	0.17

^a,b,c,dMeans with different letters along the column are significantly different. DMY (ton ha⁻¹), dry matter yield tons per hectare; LSD, least significant difference.