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

Table 5

Land equivalent ratio and relative crowding coefficient as affected by intercropping of finger millet and vetch species.

Treatments	LERFM	LERV	LER	RCC
Vspps1SR1(T5)	0.59^c	0.430^a	1.016^bcd	1.090^cd
Vspps1SR2(T6)	0.757^b	0.367^abc	1.120^abc	1.780^bc
Vspps1SR3(T7)	0.847^a	0.300^bc	1.140^ab	2.417^ab
Vspps2SR1(T8)	0.587^c	0.400^ab	0.993^cd	1.053^d
Vspps2SR2(T9)	0.700^b	0.323^abc	1.020^abcd	1.283^cd
Vspps2SR3(T10)	0.900^a	0.246^c	1.146^a	3.00^a
Vspps3SR1(T11)	0.520^d	0.400^ab	0.913^d	0.770^d
Vspps3SR2(T12)	0.560^cd	0.337^abc	0.862^d	0.677^d
Vspps3SR3(T13)	0.720^b	0.307^bc	1.023^abcd	1.173^cd
SEM	0.021	0.041	0.044	0.242
value	0.0001	0.049	0.04	0.0001

^abcMeans with different letters in a column are significantly different (). LERFM = land equivalent ratio of Finger millet, LERV = land equivalent ratio of vetch, LER = land equivalent ratio, RCC = relative crowding coefficient, Vspps = vetch species, and SEM = standard error of mean.