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. 2021 Sep 30;63(5):1098–1113. doi: 10.5187/jast.2021.e97

Table 6. Crude protein at each cutting for alfalfa under different treatments in 2016 and 2017.

Treatment	2016					2017
Treatment	Cut 1	Cut 2	Cut 3	Cut 4	Cut 5	Cut 1	Cut 2	Cut 3	Cut 4	Cut 5
Harvest interval (g kg⁻¹)
28-day	189	155	176^a	172^b	182	196	206^a	206	218^a	208
35-day	186	147	160^b	183^a	-	192	170^b	196	199^b	-
SE	4.4	4.0	7.9	3.6	-	4.3	2.7	2.9	3.2	-
Seeding rate
17 kg ha⁻¹	184	152	168	177	180	197	195	201	210	208
20 kg ha⁻¹	188	151	169	179	186	190	182	206	208	204
23 kg ha⁻¹	189	150	168	176	181	195	189	196	208	214
SE	5.1	4.9	8.2	4.1	5.3	4.8	3.2	3.3	3.9	3.3
Variety
Hi-Gest 360	190	148	174	179	187	189	192	205	211	211
Gunner	186	152	162	174	177	193	184	198	206	208
RR Tonnica	185	154	169	180	182	200	189	200	208	206
SE	4.2	4.9	8.2	4.1	5.3	4.8	3.1	3.1	3.6	3.3

^a,b

Different letters are significant at p < 0.05.