Comparative Evaluations of Selected Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan) Genotypes for Biomass Yield, Nutrient Composition, and Dry Matter Intake under Diverse Locations of Tropical Africa

Table 2

Herbage dry matter yield (t ha⁻¹) of the selected ten pigeon pea genotypes tested at three locations in Ethiopia.

Genotypes	2014			2015			Mean
	Bako	Chewaka	Gute	Bako	Chewaka	Gute
ILRI 16274	2.69^efg	4.99^cd	3.57^bc	2.66^f	3.37^c	2.85^e	3.35^ef
ILRI 16277	2.80^ef	4.48^dc	4.62^b	3.22^de	3.58^c	2.93^e	3.61^e
ILRI 16520	2.57^fg	5.27^bc	3.80^bc	2.77^ef	3.27^c	2.78^e	3.41^ef
ILRI 16524	2.56^fg	3.84^d	2.91^c	3.71^cd	3.53^c	2.70^e	3.21^f
ILRI 16526	2.33^g	4.53^cd	3.53^bc	3.60^cd	3.31^c	2.97^e	3.38^ef
ILRI 16528	3.01^e	4.89^cd	2.91^c	2.57^f	2.96^c	2.64^e	3.16^f
ILRI 16555	4.30^c	6.47^b	5.96^a	5.01^b	6.21^b	4.73^c	5.45^c
Belabas	5.53^b	8.16^a	6.46^a	5.80^a	6.95^ab	5.51^b	6.40^b
Degagsa	6.39^a	9.00^a	7.25^a	6.27^a	7.86^a	6.52^a	7.22^a
Tsigab	3.86^d	5.42^bc	3.71^bc	3.91^c	3.90^c	3.59^d	4.07^d
Mean	3.61	5.71	4.47	3.95	4.49	3.72	4.32
LSD	0.39	1.23	1.29	0.48	1.03	0.44	0.39
CV (%)	6.32	12.6	16.77	7.14	13.32	6.89	13.55
value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001

Values are the means of three replicates in each year at each location. values for the main effects of the genotype (G), environment (E = year × location), and G × E interaction are 0.0001, 0.0001, and 0.0098, respectively. ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}Means within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (). LSD: least significant difference; ILRI: International Livestock Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.