Evaluation of biomass yield and nutritional quality of oats–vetch mixtures at different harvesting stage under residual moisture in Fogera District, Ethiopia

Table 4 Dry matter accumulation and plant height of oats varieties at different growth stages

Variety	Plant height (cm)					Dry matter accumulation (g/10 plants)
	Cutting days after sowing					Cutting days after sowing
	20	40	60	80	100	20	40	60	80	100
Oats CI-8237	12.98	25.55	45.92^a	67.18^a	71.80^a	1.21	10.50	31.62	50.24^a	52.37^a
Oats CI-8251	13.06	24.72	39.83^b	61.51^b	66.44^b	1.22	10.48	30.68	48.48^b	49.98^b
Mean	13.02	25.13	42.88	64.35	69.12	1.22	10.49	31.15	49.36	51.17
SE	1.95	2.31	6.16	6.10	6.92	0.18	1.19	2.08	1.96	1.80
CV	14.95	9.20	14.37	9.48	10.01	14.52	11.30	6.68	3.97	3.52
P value (varieties)	0.9054	0.2883	0.0059	0.0091	0.0272	0.851	0.8666	0.1884	0.0113	0.0004

SE standard error, CV coefficient of variation
^{a, b}Variety means with different letters in column are significantly different

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