Table 1.

Description of treatments.

Treatment number	Treatment combinations (replicated five times)
Brush packing density		Grass species
1	High density (HD)- T1	S1-Cenchrus ciliaris ​(Blue buffalo grass)
2	High density (HD)- T1	S2-Chloris gayana ​(Rhodes grass)
3	High density (HD)- T1	S3-Panicum maximum ​(Guinea grass)
4	Low density (LD)- T2	S1-Cenchrus ciliaris ​(Blue buffalo grass)
5	Low density (LD)- T2	S2-Chloris gayana ​(Rhodes grass)
6	Low density (LD)- T2	S3-Panicum maximum ​(Guinea grass)
7	Bare soil (NC)- T3	S1-Cenchrus ciliaris ​(Blue buffalo grass)
8	Bare soil (NC)- T3	S2-Chloris gayana ​(Rhodes grass)
9	Bare soil (NC)- T3	S3-Panicum maximum ​(Guinea grass)