Treatment

Number of tillers (m⁻²)

Plant height (cm)

Number of leaves per tiller

Leaf area per tiller (cm²)

Leaf to stem ratio

Green forage yield (t∙ha⁻¹)

Dry forage yield (t∙ha⁻¹)

Oat cultivars

V₁

763.03 B

141.70 B

5.93 B

205.11 B

0.392 B

67.98

10.14

V₂

700.17 C

137.31 C

5.75 B

166.47 C

0.394 B

65.43

9.43

V₃

790.87 A

143.97 A

6.62 A

217.22 A

0.425 A

72.72

11.03

V₄

713.66 C

132.17 D

5.37 C

148.97 D

0.370 C

62.38

8.47

LSD value

13.51

2.225

3.70

7.48

0.0077

1.25

0.13

F value

63.38^**

16.95^**

26.01^**

157.80^**

73.24^**

103.73^**

591.37^**

Inoculation

S_o

726.19 C

131.05 C

5.64 B

169.09 C

0.380 C

52.18

6.67

S₁

759.80 A

146.23 A

6.17 A

198.01 A

0.412 A

79.85

12.7

S₂

739.81 B

139.09 B

5.95A

186.22 B

0.394 B

69.36

9.94

LSD value

15.60

3.21

3.21

6.48

0.0067

1.88

0.11

F value

13.46^**

48.13^**

19.16^**

43.31^**

47.74^**

1411.2^**

6114.2^**

V × S

V₁S_o

746.7

133.7

5.7

185.0

0.369

51.7 h

6.7 j

V₂S_o

702.7

131.43

5.4

154.3

0.384

52.1 h

6.1 k

V₃S_o

771.9

136.1

6.1

202.2

0.408

57.9 g

8.3 i

V₄S_o

683.2

122.9

5.2

134.7

0.359

47 i

5.4 l

V₁S₁

781.1

147.7

6.2

220.2

0.418

82.0 b

13.4 b

V₂S₁

708.8

145

5.8

176.9

0.406

77.6 c

12.2 c

V₃S₁

810.3

151.9

7.2

229.5

0.441

85.2 a

14.1 a

V₄S₁

738.8

139

5.4

165.38

0.383

74.5 d

11 d

V₁S₂

761.2

143.6

5.8

210.0

0.388

70.2 e

10.2 f

V₂S₂

688.8

135.1

6.0

168.1

0.394

66.5 f

9.9 g

V₃S₂

790.2

143.8

6.5

219.9

0.424

75 d

10.5 e

V₄S₂

718.8

133.7

5.4

146.8

0.368

65.5 f

8.9 h

LSD value

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2.18

0.23

F value

1.65^NS

0.66^NS

1.54^NS

0.69^NS

1.84^NS

2.73^**

37.43^*