Table 1.
Yield and nutritional composition of pearl millet genotypes planted at different dates (Trial 1).
| PM Genotype 1 | p-Value 2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Planting | CON | BMR | SEM | Gen | Planting | Gen × Planting |
| DM yield, kg/ha | Early | 11,637 | 11,047 | 597 | 0.14 | <0.01 | 0.58 |
| Late | 9348 | 8100 | |||||
| DM, % | Early | 23.6 | 22.7 | 0.52 | 0.40 | 0.01 | 0.34 |
| Late | 21.6 | 21.6 | |||||
| Ash, % DM | Early | 11.8 | 12.3 | 0.49 | 0.29 | 0.41 | 0.06 |
| Late | 12.4 | 10.9 | |||||
| CP, % DM | Early | 15.8 | 15.8 | 0.46 | 0.98 | 0.53 | 0.98 |
| Late | 16.0 | 16.0 | |||||
| aNDFom, % DM | Early | 57.3 | 57.6 | 0.80 | 0.25 | 0.71 | 0.43 |
| Late | 56.3 | 57.9 | |||||
| ADFom, % DM | Early | 33.0 | 32.7 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.17 | 0.23 |
| Late | 33.1 | 34.1 | |||||
| ADL, % DM | Early | 3.62 | 3.19 | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.82 |
| Late | 3.86 | 3.51 | |||||
| ADL, g/kg aNDFom | Early | 6.30 | 5.60 | 0.28 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.93 |
| Late | 6.80 | 6.05 | |||||
| WSC, g/kg DM | Early | 7.33 | 7.22 | 0.21 | 0.59 | 0.02 | 0.91 |
| Late | 6.85 | 6.78 | |||||
1 CON = Conventional pearl millet; BMR = BMR-trait pearl millet. 2 Gen = effect of genotype; Planting = effect of planting date (early or late, 14 d apart) of pearl millet genotypes.