Effect of Plant Spacing on Agronomic Performance and Fodder Quality of Four Tepary Bean (Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray) Cultivars

Table 4

Mean square analysis of variance of eight nutritive qualities in three traits of husk, stem, and leaf of four tepary bean cultivars.

Source of variation	Df	ADF	DM	IVDMD	NDF	ASH	CF	Ca	P
Cultivar	3	13.27 ns	1.78 ns	74.16 ns	9.58 ns	33.10 ns	82.52 ns	1.49 ns	0.00023 ns
Spacing	2	2.76 ns	0.24 ns	81.99	3.85 ns	26.06 ns	100.34 ns	1.04 ns	0.000014 ns
Spacing × cultivar	6	17.42 ns	0.25 ns	36.82	17.77 ns	7.65 ns	58.26 ns	0.82 ns	0.000646 ns
Traits (husk, stem, leaf)	2	2890.19	8.22	1804.46	5343.16	1888.19	4684.10	28.77	0.00278
Spacing × traits	4	26.41 ns	0.16 ns	7.49 ns	34.14 ns	22.51 ns	29.72 ns	1.70 ns	0.00019 ns
Cultivar × traits	6	5.73 ns	0.23 ns	29.08 ns	6.90 ns	40.27	80.63 ns	0.81 ns	0.00017 ns
Spacing × cultivar × traits	12	8.94 ns	0.27 ns	17.05 ns	22.43 ns	15.37 ns	30.50 ns	0.759 ns	0.00042 ns
Residual	48	723.36	0.166	17.62	27.08	16.49	52.08	1.43	0.0042
Mean		40	93.09	70.66	53.65	12.29	35.45	1.57	0.00401

ADF: acid detergent fiber, DM: dry matter, IVDMD: in vitro dry matter digestibility, NDF: neutral detergent fiber, CF: crude fiber, Ca: calcium, and traits (husk, stem, and leaf).