. 2018 May 28;96(7):2907–2922. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky190

Table 8.

Percentage IVDMD in stockpiled “Tifton 85” bermudagrass receiving different rates of N fertilization, and in “Tifton 85” bermudagrass hay in years 1 and 2

Year	Sampling date	Treatment¹				Mean
Year	Sampling date	56N	112N	168N	HAY	Mean
1	Oct 24	69.2^b	74.4^b	74.3^b	57.5^a	68.1^c
	Nov 28	61.4^a,b	63.9^a	65.7^a	56.9^b	62.0^d
	Dec 13	56.8^b	58.3^a,b	64.4^a	56.9^a,b	59.1^d
	Jan 4	56.4	57.1	52.0	57.9	55.9^e
	Jan 16	53.7	52.0	51.0	53.7	52.6^f
	Mean	59.6^g	61.1^g	61.4^g	56.6^h
2	Nov 11	71.8ⁱ	73.5ⁱ	74.5ⁱ	50.0^j	67.5^l
	Nov 25	62.0ⁱ	63.0ⁱ	69.6^j	46.4^k	60.1^m
	Dec 10	54.2ⁱ	58.0ⁱ	54.5ⁱ	44.7^j	52.9ⁿ
	Jan 7	49.5	51.5	51.0	45.2	49.3ⁿ
	Jan 21	51.0ⁱ	52.5ⁱ	55.4ⁱ	45.3^j	51.1ⁿ
	Mean	57.7^o	59.7^o	61.0^o	46.3^p

^a,bWithin a row, means without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05; SEM = 2.10; n = 2).

^c–fWithin a column, means without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05; SEM = 2.10; n = 8).

^g,hWithin a row, means without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05; SEM = 2.97; n = 10).

^i–kWithin a row, means without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05; SEM = 1.55; n = 2).

^l–nWithin a column, means without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05; SEM = 1.55; n = 8).

^o,pWithin a row, means without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05; SEM = 2.20; n = 10).

¹56N = 56 kg N/ha; 112N = 112 kg N/ha; 168N = 168 kg N/ha; HAY = “Tifton 85” hay cut in August prior to stockpiling.