Vegetation indices^a

NDVI

RVI

GNDVI

GRVI

GVI

AVI

Italian Ryegrass

0.7026ab

5.8135a

0.6942a

5.5979a

0.0175b

181.97ab

Hairy vetch

0.6790ab

5.3305b

0.6545bc

4.8487b

0.0456a

175.86ab

Crimson clover

0.4512c

2.7871d

0.4714d

2.8917c

−0.0235c

121.46c

Italian ryegrass/hairy vetch mix

0.7055a

5.8764a

0.6889ab

5.4850a

0.0333a

186.43a

Ryegrass/clover mix

0.6489b

4.8130c

0.6392c

4.6312b

0.0177b

170.05b

F_(7,21)

145.42

70.89

181.93

104.17

45.55

40.76

PF

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

LSD (P ≤ 0.05)

0.038

0.409

0.032

0.404

0.013

13.6