Chemical composition of the leaf | |||||||||||||
Treatment | DM | OM | CP | NDF | ADF | HCEL | CEL | LIG | IVDMD | ||||
Deferment (D) | % in DM | ||||||||||||
60 | 49.9 | 91.8 | 8.5a | 74.3 | 42.2 | 32.4 | 36.1 | 5.4 | 41.6a | ||||
90 | 49.0 | 91.7 | 7.5b | 74.4 | 41.9 | 32.0 | 36.7 | 4.7 | 37.4b | ||||
F test | 0.1ns | 1.6ns | 5.4* | 0.0ns | 0.1ns | 8.9ns | 0.7ns | 4.5ns | 38.2* | ||||
CV1 (%) | 16.1 | 0.2 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 6.5 | 0.9 | 4.7 | 14.9 | 4.1 | ||||
Utilization (U) | |||||||||||||
30 | 30.5 | 91.5 | 9.0 | 75.2 | 43.1 | 32.1 | 36.3 | 5.7 | 53.6 | ||||
60 | 42.0 | 91.8 | 7.5 | 75.2 | 41.1 | 34.4 | 35.8 | 4.9 | 42.3 | ||||
90 | 70.7 | 91.8 | 7.2 | 73.4 | 42.1 | 31.1 | 36.7 | 4.7 | 31.5 | ||||
120 | 54.8 | 91.9 | 8.3 | 73.5 | 42.0 | 31.1 | 36.9 | 5.0 | 30.7 | ||||
F test | 30.1* | 0.5ns | 2.6ns | 1.7ns | 1.6ns | 3.2ns | 0.5ns | 3.9ns | 96.3* | ||||
CV2 (%) | 15.7 | 0.7 | 7.5 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 4.4 | 10.4 | 6.8 | ||||
D × U | 0.5ns | 0.7ns | 6.0* | 0.3ns | 0.1ns | 2.6ns | 0.4ns | 5.0ns | 28.6* | ||||
Chemical composition of the lodged leaf | |||||||||||||
Utilization (U) | |||||||||||||
30 | 33.4 | 91.4 | 10.3 | 70.3 | 41.7 | 32.2 | 35.5 | 5.2 | 50.4 | ||||
60 | 46.4 | 91.3 | 7.4 | 70.6 | 38.6 | 32.4 | 33.5 | 4.2 | 35.7 | ||||
90 | 62.0 | 90.7 | 6.9 | 70.9 | 40.1 | 31.1 | 34.0 | 4.7 | 32.4 | ||||
120 | 59.0 | 91.2 | 7.4 | 71.2 | 39.3 | 31.8 | 33.2 | 5.0 | 29.7 | ||||
F | 30.1* | 1.5ns | 2.6ns | 14.2* | 10.1* | 2.6ns | 10.3* | 2.0ns | 8.7* | ||||
CV2 (%) | 11.6 | 0.7 | 9.1 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 16.6 | 20.7 | ||||