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 2
Mean plant height (PH), shoot length (SL), and leaf length (LL) of the four barley varieties harvested at four maturity stages (in days).
Harvesting age (days)
Varieties
PH
SL
LL
6
HB
9.4g
7.33j
5.06fg
D
9.2g
7.19j
4.93g
T
9.13g
7.16j
4.93g
L
8.43g
6.53j
4.56g
Mean
9.04
7.06
4.87
SEM
0.58
0.57
0.46
8
HB
12.06f
9.55hi
6.99de
D
14.73e
12.26ef
9.25c
T
10.83f
9.18i
6.03ef
L
11.33f
10.4ghi
6.33e
Mean
12.24
10.35
7.11
SEM
0.39
0.81
0.27
10
HB
14.1e
10.96bcd
7.76d
D
17.43bc
14.58cd
9.25c
T
15.36de
11.75efg
7.81d
L
18.13b
14.96bcd
9.6c
Mean
16.26
13.07
8.61
SEM
0.58
0.66
0.32
12
HB
21.1a
17.21a
12.3a
D
21.26a
16.41ab
10.63b
T
16.63cd
13.28de
9.06c
L
18.33b
15.06bc
9.7bc
Mean
19.33
15.50
10.42
SEM
0.25
0.24
0.28
Significance level
Harvesting age
Variety
Interaction
abcdefghijmeans followed by different superscript letters in the column differ at ; = significant at ; SEM, standard error of mean; HB, HB-1307; D, Debark-1; T, Tila; L, local.