Table 4 Overall morphological characteristics of three Brachiaria brizantha ecotypes on the effects of altitude and harvesting dates and their interactions

Ecotypes

 Eth. 13726

51.07^b

26.35^b

4.74

17.29^b

 Eth. 13809

51.47^b

33.52^a

4.36

20.10^a

 Eth. 1377)

58.73^a

29.38^b

5.01

16.22^b

 Overall mean

53.76

29.75

4.70

17.87

 Overall SE

3.33

2.03

0.20

0.78

 CV (%)

8.65

8.15

11.44

5.25

 Sig

*

***

NS

***

Altitudes

 Low

60.50^a

28.52^b

4.96^a

18.93^b

 Mid

57.62^a

33.62^a

5.04^a

20.22^a

 High

43.15^b

27.12^b

4.11^b

14.47^c

 Sig

***

**

*

***

Harvesting dates

 60

35.91^c

20.52^c

3.80^c

14.93^c

 90

56.20^b

27.09^b

4.57^b

17.93^b

 120

69.17^a

41.63^a

5.74^a

20.76^a

 Sig

***

***

***

***

P value

 cul*al

NS

**

NS

*

 cul*hd

0.0263

NS

NS

NS

 al*hd

NS

NS

NS

NS

 Interaction

***

***

*

***