Advances in Agriculture

Research Article

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

Table 4

Grain/seed yields of finger millet and vetch as affected by species, seeding ratio, and intercropping.


Factors	Grain/seed yield (kg ha⁻¹)
Vetch species	Finger millet	Vetch

Vspps1	1606.32^ab	155.14^a
Vspps2	1670.51^a	117.59^c
Vspps3	1369.46^b	139.89^b
Sole finger millet (T1)	2288.92^a	—
value	0.0001	0.0001
Sole vetch species
Sole Vspps1(T2)	—	585.51^a
Sole Vspps2(T3)	—	353.74^c
Sole Vspps3(T4)	—	427.08^b
value	—	0.0001
Seeding ratios
SR1	1290.86^c	177.07^a
SR2	1537.26^b	124.18^b
SR3	1818.17^a	111.38^c
value	0.0001	0.0001
Intercrops
Vspps₁SR₁(T5)	1342.79^d	236.19^a
Vspps₁SR₂(T6)	1732.00^c	118.81^d
Vspps₁SR₃(T7)	1936.75^bc	110.46^de
Vspps₂SR₁(T8)	1346.46^d	129.79^c
Vspps₂SR₂(T9)	1595.83^c	116.52^d
Vspps₂SR₃(T10)	2058.75^b	106.45^e
Vspps₃SR₁(T11)	1183.33^e	165.23^b
Vspps₃SR₂(T12)	1283.96^de	137.20^c
Vspps₃SR₃(T13)	1641.08^c	117.23^d
Mean	1640.99	137.54
SEM	48.71	2.948
value	0001	0001
Cv (%)	5.14	3.71

^a-bMeans with different letters in a column are significantly different (). SEM = standard error of mean, = probability, kg ha⁻¹ = kilogram per hectare, Vspps1 = vetch species 1 (Vicia sativa), Vspps 2 = vetch species 2 (Vicia villosa), and Vspps 3 = vetch species 3 (Vicia atropurpurea).