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 5

Total dry matter yield partial and total land equivalent ratios of desho/desmodium intercropping as affected by different levels of seeding rate of desmodium.

Treatments	TDMY; (ton ha^−1)	PLER of; desho	PLER of SLD	LER
Desho + SLD2	13.93^c	0.79^c	0.31^c	1.10^c
Desho + SLD4	15.76^b	0.87^b	0.45^b	1.32^b
Desho + SLD6	17.27^a	0.93^a	0.58^a	1.51^a
Mean	13.43	0.87	0.45	1.31
SE	0.351	0.016	0.029	0.038
LSD (0.05)	1.029	0.049	0.092	0.117
P-value	0.0001	0.0002	0.0001	0.0001

^a,b,cMeans with different superscripts along the column are significantly different. TDMY, total dry matter yield; PLER, partial land equivalent ratio; LER, total land equivalent ratio; LSD, least significant difference.