Provenance Variation on Early Survival Rate and Growth Performance of Oxytenanthera abyssinica (A. Rich.) Munro Seedlings at Green House: An Indigenous Lowland Bamboo Species in Ethiopia

Table 4

Mean values of seedlings Biomass estimation between two O. abyssinica provenances (n=30, mean ± SD).

Provenance	Leaf fresh weight (g)	Culm fresh weight (g)	Root fresh weight (g)	Root-to-Shoot Ratio	Leaf dry weight (g)	Culm dry weight (g)	Root dry weight (g)	Root-to-Shoot Ratio
Pawe	2.60 ± 0.98	2.90 ± 1.51	13.63 ± 6.84	2.69 ± 1.15	1.83± 0.68	1.90 ± 0.95	9.30 ± 4.80	2.70 ± 1.35
Sherkole	3.15 ± 1.05	3.03 ± 1.41	12.60 ± 8.42	1.99 ± 0.76	2.41 ± 0.80	2.48 ± 1.11	9.02 ± 6.16	1.77 ± 0.67
t-value	2.122	0.344	0.522	2.784	3.029	2.206	0.194	3.370
Sig.	0.038	0.732	0.604	0.007	0.004	0.031	0.847	0.002