Chemical composition of the leaf

Treatment

DM

OM

CP

NDF

ADF

HCEL

CEL

LIG

IVDMD

Deferment (D)

% in DM

60

49.9

91.8

8.5^a

74.3

42.2

32.4

36.1

5.4

41.6^a

90

49.0

91.7

7.5^b

74.4

41.9

32.0

36.7

4.7

37.4^b

F test

0.1^ns

1.6^ns

5.4^*

0.0^ns

0.1^ns

8.9^ns

0.7^ns

4.5^ns

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^*

0.5^ns

2.6^ns

1.7^ns

1.6^ns

3.2^ns

0.5^ns

3.9^ns

96.3^*

CV₂ (%)

15.7

0.7

7.5

2.7

3.7

2.1

4.4

10.4

6.8

D × U

0.5^ns

0.7^ns

6.0^*

0.3^ns

0.1^ns

2.6^ns

0.4^ns

5.0^ns

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^*

1.5^ns

2.6^ns

14.2^*

10.1^*

2.6^ns

10.3^*

2.0^ns

8.7^*

CV₂ (%)

11.6

0.7

9.1

1.4

2.5

2.9

2.2

16.6

20.7