Effects of Harvesting Age and Barley Varieties on Morphological Characteristics, Biomass Yield, Chemical Composition, and Economic Benefits under Hydroponic Conditions in Fogera District, Ethiopia

Table 1

Mean plant morphological characteristics and dry matter yield of barley as affected by variety and harvesting age.

Sources of variation	NLPP	LW (t/ha)	SW (t/ha)	RMW (t/ha)	LSR	FFBY	CF	DMY (t/ha)
Harvesting age
6	1.00^c	2.40^d	0.91^d	21.80^b	2.63^a	137.97^d	3.05^d	25.12^d
8	1.00^c	3.72^c	1.65^c	24.87^a	2.21^b	163.26^c	3.62^c	30.25^c
10	1.55^b	4.76^b	2.36^b	25.73^a	2.01^b	179.25^b	3.97^b	32.86^b
12	1.85^a	6.46^a	3.56^a	26.18^a	1.93^b	203.50^a	4.51^a	36.21^a
Mean	1.35	4.34	2.12	24.64	2.2	170.99	3.78	31.11
SEM	0.03	0.22	0.14	1.02	0.13	5.67	0.12	1.20
Variety
HB	1.37	4.66^a	2.3	25.05^a	2.18	177.53^ab	3.94^ab	32.01^ab
D	1.33	4.89^a	2.16	27.27^a	2.46	187.15^a	4.15^a	34.32^a
T	1.38	3.75^b	1.86	21.20^b	2.08	148.42^c	3.28^c	26.82^c
L	1.3	4.04^b	2.17	25.07^a	2.06	170.87^b	3.78^b	31.29^b
Mean	1.35	4.34	2.12	24.64	2.2	170.99	3.78	31.11
SEM	0.11	0.48	0.32	0.93	0.15	8.08	0.18	0.50
Sig. level
Harvesting age
Variety	ns		ns		ns
Interaction	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns

^abcdmeans followed by different superscript letters in the column differ at ; ns = not significant;  = significant at ;  = significant at . NLPP, number of leaf per plant; LW, leaf weight; SW, stem weight; RMW, root mass weight; LSR, leaf to stem ratio; FFBY, fresh fodder biomass yield; CF, conversion factor; SEM, standard error of mean; DMY, dry matter yield; ns, nonsignificant; HB, HB-1307; D, Debark-1; T, Tila; L, local.