Table 8. Effect of elevation and seeding date* on aerial dry weright 



the third growing season after seeding. (Sampled 9 October 

 1974). 



Treatment No. 



Seeding Date 

 1972 



Elevation Zone 

 (MSL) 



Dry Weight 

 (kg/ha) ^ 

 Shoots 











1^ 



21 June 



4.0 to 4.2 



1,663 



2 



21 June 



3.4 to 4.0 



3,848 



3 



11 April 



3.4 to 4.0 



4,097 



4 



11 April 



3.1 to 3.4 



4,395 



5 



21 June 



3.1 to 3.4 



3.5S3 



Treatment 0.01 







1,468 



0.05 







1,032 



CV%^ 







16.1 











1. Average of three 2- by 10-foot samples. 



2. Other plants in the high elevation zone were 22 kilogram/hec- 

 tare Sdliccr'n'ia species and 16 kilogram/hectare Finibristylis 

 species. 



3. Least sigTiificant difference. 



4. Coefficient of variation. 



32 



