## 3 Results
### Population Features of Alfafia
In August, there was no significant difference between monocultures and mixtures with oat  
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Period**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Variety**} & \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Sowing patterns**} \\ \cline{3-8}  & & **O1** & **O2** & **S1** & **S2** & **M** \\ \hline \multicolumn{8}{c}{**Plant Height (cm)**} \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{June} & A & \(6.9\pm 20.5\) f & \(7.0\pm 0.9\) f & \(9.2\pm 1.7\) \(\mathrm{ef}\) & \(7.8\pm 1.4\) f & \(18.1\pm 1.7\) b \\  & W & \(13.9\pm 1.7\) c & \(8.4\pm 1.4\) f & \(12.6\pm 1.1\) \(\mathrm{cd}\) & \(12.9\pm 2.7\) \(\mathrm{cd}\) & \(21.4\pm 2.7\) a \\  & L & \(13.3\pm 1.0\) cd & \(10.7\pm 1.2\) \(\mathrm{de}\) & \(12.2\pm 2.4\) c & \(18.1\pm 1.7\) b & \(22.4\pm 1.4\) a \\  & A & \(17.1\pm 1.8\) def & \(18.5\pm 2.5\) e & \(9.9\pm 2.3\) h & \(10.4\pm 1.4\) g & \(29.9\pm 3.4\) b \\  & W & \(21.3\pm 4.7\) d & \(20.8\pm 5.6\) d & \(13.8\pm 2.1\) e & \(15.1\pm 2.3\) g & \(40.5\pm 6.2\) a \\  & L & \(20.7\pm 3.6\) d & \(24.0\pm 1.9\) c & \(13.0\pm 3.5\) g & \(16.3\pm 3.5\) d & \(38.3\pm 3.7\) a \\  & A & \(25.1\pm 3.4\) c & \(24.3\pm 4.3\) c & \(16.0\pm 1.4\) e & \(15.0\pm 1.8\) e & \(26.5\pm 3.2\) c \\  & W & \(26.6\pm 2.7\) c & \(26.7\pm 3.4\) c & \(22.5\pm 4.4\) cd & \(18.0\pm 5.0\) e & \(41.6\pm 5.2\) a \\  & L & \(24.7\pm 2.6\) c & \(22.3\pm 1.3\) cd & \(15.2\pm 3.1\) e & \(19.0\pm 1.5\) de & \(36.6\pm 2.3\) b \\ \hline \multicolumn{8}{c}{**Branch Number**} \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{June} & A & \(4.4\pm 0.7\) ef & \(4.5\pm 0.8\) def & \(4.4\pm 0.5\) f & \(5.8\pm 1.0\) b & \(7.4\pm 0.2\) a \\  & W & \(5.0\pm 0.8\) bodef & \(4.9\pm 0.4\) bodef & \(4.8\pm 0.7\) cdef & \(5.0\pm 0.7\) bodef & \(7.2\pm 0.2\) a \\  & L & \(5.6\pm 0.3\) bc & \(5.4\pm 0.5\) bcd & \(5.0\pm 0.6\) bodef & \(5.3\pm 0.9\) bodef & \(7.9\pm 0.5\) a \\  & A & \(7.8\pm 1.2\) cde & \(9.0\pm 2.0\) c & \(5.9\pm 1.6\) c & \(6.4\pm 1.5\) & \(11.9\pm 0.8\) b \\  & W & \(8.9\pm 2.9\) cd & \(9.0\pm 2.5\) c & \(6.2\pm 0.6\) e & \(7.5\pm 2.0\) e & \(11.7\pm 1.6\) ab \\  & L & \(10.0\pm 2.3\) bc & \(9.6\pm 0.9\) bodef & \(6.2\pm 1.7\) e & \(6.4\pm 0.4\) e & \(13.4\pm 1.7\) a \\  & A & \(10.2\pm 1.6\) b & \(11.2\pm 3.2\) a & \(7.4\pm 1.1\) c & \(6.5\pm 1.0\) d & \(10.3\pm 2.0\) ab \\  & W & \(10.8\pm 2.2\) a & \(9.8\pm 0.9\) cde & \(7.5\pm 0.9\) cdf & \(7.1\pm 1.4\) d & \(12.0\pm 1.8\) a \\  & L & \(10.9\pm 0.8\) a & \(10.5\pm 2.5\) a & \(7.6\pm 1.6\) cd & \(8.1\pm 0.3\) bcd & \(12.0\pm 1.2\) a \\ \hline \multicolumn{8}{c}{**Plant Density (No. of Plants m\({}^{-2}\))**} \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{June} & A & \(253.6\pm 126.7\) bc & \(242.4\pm 50.4\) bc & \(266.4\pm 170.1\) bc & \(128.0\pm 77.1\) c & \(318.4\pm 107.7\) bc \\  & W & \(354.4\pm 213.6\) ab & \(203.2\pm 155.5\) bc & \(211.2\pm 115.6\) bc & \(181.6\pm 56.0\) bc & \(528.8\pm 128.4\) a \\  & L & \(342.4\pm 67.1\) & \(398.2\pm 30.5\) b & \(268.8\pm 108.3\) bc & \(297.6\pm 122.6\) bc & \(366.4\pm 60.8\) ab \\  & A & \(296.0\pm 16.9\) b & \(385.6\pm 0.4\) b & \(340.8\pm 20.1\) d & \(364.6\pm 855.1\) ab & \(624.0\pm 1920.0\) ab \\  & W & \(516.8\pm 281.4\) ab & \(233.6\pm 131.9\) b & \(446.4\pm 493.2\) a & \(481.6\pm 335.5\) ab & \(812.8\pm 362.5\) a \\  & L & \(617.6\pm 203.8\) ab & \(566.4\pm 112.2\) ab & \(379.2\pm 255.8\) b & \(540.8\pm 207.2\) ab & \(846.4\pm 183.5\) a \\  & A & \(377.7\pm 208.7\) cde & \(312.0\pm 131.2\) cde & \(388.8\pm 85.5\) bde & \(158.4\pm 66.8\) & \(409.6\pm 1918.0\) bodef \\  & W & \(483.2\pm 191.1\) bde & \(283.2\pm 144.2\) d & \(280.0\pm 11.7\) d & \(463.6\pm 195.0\) bodef & \(651.2\pm 92.6\) c \\  & L & \(636.8\pm 371.4\) bcd & \(736.0\pm 399.2\) b & \(422.4\pm 86.1\) bodef & \(638.4\pm 350.7\) bcd & \(1369.6\pm 242.6\) a \\ \hline \multicolumn{8}{c}{Note: data are the means\(\pm\)standard deviation. Within each period, the values without common letters are significantly different (\(p<0.05\)). A, algonquin; L, leafy king; W, WL354 HQ, S1 and S2 for the same variety.