Agronomic Performance, Yield, and Nutritional Value of Grasses Affected by Agroecological Settings in Ethiopia

Table 2

Mean value (%) of chemical composition and yield (DM, DMY, ASH, CP, CPY, NDF, ADF, and ADL) values of Mulato II, Napier, and Rhodes grasses.

Altitudes	Parameters
	Varieties	DM (%)	DMY (t/ha)	ASH (%)	CP (%)	CPY (t/ha)	NDF (%)	ADF (%)	ADL (%)
Low	Mulato II	37.83^b	11.71^b	13.20^b	14.03^a	1.36^b	59.98^c	39.79^c	4.69^b
	Napier	38.77^a	31.57^a	15.37^a	12.59^b	4.48^a	65.95^b	44.44^b	5.35^a
	Rhodes	36.88^c	3.53^c	10.68^c	8.36^c	0.28^c	70.43^a	53.22^a	5.99^a
	Sig
Mid	Mulato II	36.93^b	10.38^b	12.89^b	12.20^a	1.32^b	61.98^c	38.31^c	5.52^b
	Napier	38.59^a	31.72^a	14.52^a	11.55^b	4.12^a	66.06^b	44.70^b	5.36^b
	Rhodes	35.09^c	3.40^c	8.95^c	6.68^c	0.21^c	72.20^a	50.99^a	6.65^a
	Sig
High	Mulato II	35.78^b	7.42^b	10.98^b	11.75^a	0.78^b	60.93^b	38.17^b	5.98^b
	Napier	38.25^a	31.77^a	13.16^a	5.85^b	2.38^a	71.92^a	52.18^a	5.65^b
	Rhodes	35.05^b	2.92^c	9.21^c	6.58^b	0.18^c	70.96^a	50.76^a	7.33^a
	Sig
HD	60	35.87^c	11.14^c	13.06^a	12.97^a	1.69	61.10^b	39.38^c	5.12^c
	90	36.87^b	15.76^b	11.53^b	9.61^b	1.72	69.13^a	47.08^b	5.71^b
	120	38.32^a	17.91^a	11.73^b	7.55^c	1.63	69.90^a	51.06^a	6.68^a
value	Cv
	cval
	cvhd	No							ns
	alhd	ns	ns	ns		ns			ns
	cvalha	ns	ns						ns

Treatments means with different letters in rows are significantly different ((); (); ) for altitudes; ns = nonsignificant; HDs = harvesting dates; DM = dry matter; DMY = dry matter yield; CP = crude protein; CPY = crude protein yield; NDF = neutral detergent fiber; ADF = acid detergent fiber; ADL = acid detergent lignin.