Table 2. Effect of cutting number on yield and nutritive values of teff across all cultivars and first-cutting times
Item | Cutting number | SEM | p-value |
1 | 2 | 3 |
DM yield (g/pot) | 14.6b | 19.3a | 8.3c | 0.7 | 0.001 |
DM (g/kg) | 199.6c | 267.2b | 313.7a | 9.2 | < 0.001 |
aNDFom (g/kg of DM) | 594.0b | 634.0a | 638.0a | 4.0 | < 0.001 |
CP (g/kg of DM) | 199.7a | 82.3b | 59.0b | 4.5 | < 0.001 |
Means with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05).
DM, dry matter; aNDFom, ash-free neutral detergent fiber with amylase; CP, crude protein.