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

Table 6

Effect of plant spacing and cultivar on ASH, CF, Ca, and P on the husk, leaf, and stem of tepary bean cultivars.

		ASH			CF			Ca			P
Spacing	Cultivar	Husk	Leaf	Stem	Husk	Leaf	Stem	Husk	Leaf	Stem	Husk	Leaf	Stem
10	GK010	6.66	21.88	8.05	44.46	17.82	41.33	0.71	4.91	1.59	0.032	0.058	0.061
	GK011	11.8	19.30	7.88	30.60	24.93	38.67	0.53	2.15	0.86	0.029	0.046	0.045
	GK012	6.76	28.30	7.64	35.76	16.11	47.30	1.12	2.22	1.32	0.022	0.045	0.046
	Motsumi	8.66	23.52	7.35	38.08	21.79	49.49	0.64	3.17	0.73	0.013	0.041	0.034
20	GK010	7.35	15.71	8.01	39.81	26.62	40.09	0.98	1.33	1.51	0.025	0.048	0.037
	GK011	8.33	15.29	8.21	39.00	30.08	48.45	0.77	1.96	0.76	0.061	0.052	0.039
	GK012	9.51	19.76	7.38	37.41	23.29	48.22	1.36	2.22	1.27	0.027	0.047	0.049
	Motsumi	5.95	25.12	6.77	39.24	23.43	50.41	0.45	2.22	1.33	0.022	0.034	0.041
30	GK010	12.00	17.16	6.73	43.94	25.61	45.79	0.75	2.89	1.41	0.019	0.042	0.033
	GK011	7.49	16.97	7.18	38.65	22.83	45.69	0.85	2.19	0.97	0.031	0.043	0.049
	GK012	10.07	24.94	9.60	35.39	14.42	39.75	1.10	2.28	1.60	0.035	0.048	0.049
	Motsumi	8.04	19.66	7.32	42.50	26.35	43.36	0.83	3.06	1.50	0.044	0.047	0.045
	Mean	8.55	20.63	7.68	38.71	22.71	44.88	0.84	2.55	1.24	0.0299	0.046	0.0442
	LSD		1.92			3.42			0.56			0.0097
	CV%		16.1			13.0			23.2			30.4