Yield, Yield Components, and Nutritive Value of Perennial Forage Grass Grown under Supplementary Irrigation

Table 4

Plant height (cm) of perennial forage grass species evaluated under supplementary irrigation.

Species	Year				Productive phase	Combined analysis
	2017	2018	2019	2020
U. decumbens ILRI_10871	56.67^d	107.23^bc	55.73^e	63.30^d	75.42^e	70.73^e
U. decumbens ILRI_13205	41.63^d	102.77^bc	65.57^de	71.87^cd	80.07^de	70.46^e
Desho grass (var. Kindu kosha)	78.90^cd	125.53^b	81.53^cd	69.80^d	92.29^cde	88.94^d
P. purpureum cv. ILRI_16791	177.77^a	167.78^a	172.77^a	149.43^a	163.30^a	166.90^a
P. coloratum cv. Coloratum	112.20^bc	113.33^bc	112.23^b	109.60^b	111.70^b	111.80^bc
P. aquatica cv. Sirrosa	128.90^b	124.73^b	109.73^b	103.50^b	112.70^b	116.70^b
C. gayana cv. Massaba	116.10^bc	85.88^c	96.53^bc	97.27^b	93.23^cde	98.95^cd
S. sphacelata ILRI_143	111.67^bc	106.40^bc	92.23^bc	94.30^bc	97.64^bcd	101.20^bcd
S. sphacelata ILRI_6543	105.00^bc	111.93^bc	104.33^bc	105.77^b	107.30^bc	106.80^bc
Mean	103.20	116.18	98.96	96.09	103.7	103.6
CV	24.41	15.67	13.97	14.29	18.78	20.8
value	0.0002	0.0032	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001

CV : coefficient variation. Means with the different letter are significantly different.