Evaluation of Grain/Seed Yield and Yield Components of Finger Millet and Three Vetch Species Intercropped at Various Seeding Ratios at Bako, Ethiopia

Table 3

Effect of vetch species and seeding ratio on plant height (cm), leaves per plant, branches per plant, pods per plant, and seeds per pod of vetch.

Factors	Plant height (cm)	Leaves per plant	Branches per plant	Pods per plant	Seeds per pod
Vetch species
Vspps1	79.11^c	31.67^a	1.98^c	6.26^b	6.95^a
Vspps2	155.67^a	24.11^b	3.31^a	8.39^a	4.37^c
Vspps3	132.44^b	22.67^b	2.84^b	3.77^c	4.78^b
value	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001
Sole vetch species
Sole Vspps1(T2)	73.67^c	36.00^a	1.22	8.45^b	7.51^a
Sole Vspps2(T3)	145.33^a	30.00^b	1.26	10.19^a	4.33^b
Sole Vspps3(T4)	129.67^b	29.67^b	1.23	6.89^c	4.70^b
value	0.0001	0.0447	0.4771	0.0008	0.0001
Seeding ratios
SR1	125.00^a	28.78^a	2.25^b	6.46^a	5.58^a
SR2	118.67^b	25.67^b	2.91^a	6.14^b	5.51^a
SR3	115.56^b	24.00^b	2.24^b	5.83^c	5.01^b
value	0.0052	0.0019	0.0001	0.0005	0.0175
Intercrops
Vspps1SR1(T5)	85.33^e	35.00^a	2.35^b	6.56^b	7.49^a
Vspps1SR2(T6)	77.33^ef	29.67^bc	2.32^b	6.35^bc	7.21^ab
Vspps1SR3(T7)	74.67^f	30.33^ab	2.13^cd	5.88^c	6.16^b
Vspps2SR1(T8)	154.00^a	26.33^bcd	3.32^ab	8.64^a	4.36^c
Vspps2SR2(T9)	146.33^ab	24.67^cde	3.35^a	8.42^ab	4.43^c
Vspps2SR3(T10)	142.67^bc	21.33^de	2.13^cd	8.12^ab	4.31^c
Vspps3SR1(T11)	135.67^cd	25.00^cde	2.19^bc	4.18^d	4.90^c
Vspps3SR2(T12)	132.33^d	22.67^de	2.16^cd	3.65^de	4.88^c
Vspps3SR3(T13)	129.33^d	20.33^e	2.15^cd	3.49^e	4.56^c
Mean	119.74	26.15	2.71	6.14	5.37
SEM	2.961	1.725	0.079	0.187	0.239
value	0.0001	0.0002	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001
Cv (%)	4.42	11.43	5.11	5.26	7.71

^a-bMeans with different letters in a column are significantly different (. Vspps = vetch species, SR = seeding ratio, Cm = centimeter, Plht = plant height, LPP = leaves per plant, BPP = branches per plant, Pdpp = pods per plant, spp = seeds per pod,.Vspps1 = vetch species 1 (Vicia sativa), Vspps 2 = vetch species 2 (Vicia villosa), and Vspps 3 = vetch species 3 (Vicia atropurpurea).