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 3

Mean chemical composition of the four barley varieties harvested at four maturity stages (in days).

HA (days)	V	DM (%)	Quality traits (DM%)
			Ash	CP	NDF	ADF	ADL
6	HB	92.70^ab	3.88^gh	15.78^hi	38.39^e	13.25^g	3.97^h
	D	92.81^a	3.79^h	17.15^ef	37^e	12.84^g	5.21^efg
	T	92.73^a	4.57^b	14.99^i	38^e	15.85^e	5.36^def
	L	92.36^abcd	3.47^i	16.15^gh	38.5^e	15.1^ef	6.08^cd
	Mean	92.65	3.92	16.01	37.97	14.26	5.15
	SEM	0.30	0.04	0.29	0.56	0.36	0.33
8	HB	92.46^abc	4.32^cde	17.63^de	41.6^d	15.05^ef	4.80^fg
	D	92.13^cde	3.75^h	18.66^c	41.5^d	14.65^f	6.02^cd
	T	92.49^abc	4.44^bcd	16.59^fgh	42.75^d	15.75^e	4.99^fg
	L	92.47^abc	4.33^cde	16.76^efg	45^bc	14.46^f	4.78^fg
	Mean	92.38	4.21	17.41	42.71	14.97	5.14
	SEM	0.15	0.09	0.43	0.88	0.27	0.19
10	HB	92.25^bcde	4.58^b	18.82^c	46.1^b	17.25^d	4.53^gh
	D	92.36^abcd	4.11^ef	21.09^a	43.3^cd	18.7^c	5.25^efg
	T	92.11^cde	4.60^b	18.85^c	46.18^b	19.5^c	7.33^b
	L	91.89^ef	4.24^def	16.60^fgh	45.9^b	17.15^d	7.22^b
	Mean	92.15	4.38	18.84	45.37	18.15	6.08
	SEM	0.14	0.09	0.24	0.73	0.42	0.28
12	HB	91.87^ef	4.28^cdef	19.90^b	47.15^b	21.3^b	6.29^c
	D	91.96^def	4.06^fg	21.39^a	45.5^bc	21.25^b	5.94^cde
	T	91.56^f	5.06^a	19.80^b	50^a	23.36^a	7.44^b
	L	90.86^g	4.47^bc	18.37^cd	51.7^a	23.25^a	8.44^a
	Mean	91.56	4.46	19.86	48.58	22.29	7.02
	SEM	0.23	0.06	0.34	0.77	0.26	0.19
Sig. level
Harvesting age
Variety
Interaction

^abcdefghimeans followed by different superscript letters in the column differ significantly at ;  = significant at ;  = significant at  = significant at ; DM, dry matter; CP, crude protein; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber; ADL, acid detergent lignin; V, variety; HA, harvesting age; HB, HB-1307; D, Debark-1; T, Tila; L, local; CV, coefficient of variance; SEM, standard error of mean.