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

Table 7. Acid detergent fiber 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	334^b	414	342^b	375	340	348	320^b	337	314^b	321
35-day	405^a	393	412^a	342	-	360	376^a	361	336^a	-
SE	8.2	7.6	9.2	13.0	-	9.2	6.9	6.0	7.3	-
Seeding rate
17 kg ha⁻¹	375	408	380	354	346	350	350	350	323	324
20 kg ha⁻¹	366	410	376	361	341	358	350	345	325	321
23 kg ha⁻¹	368	393	3.75	360	332	354	345	353	327	319
SE	7.4	9.3	10.4	13.3	9.6	9.5	7.8	6.2	8.4	7.4
Variety
Hi-Gest 360	367	410	369	332^b	330	338^b	341	350	314	308
Gunner	365	410	393	379^a	343	353^ab	355	348	329	329
RR Tonnica	377	391	368	365^ab	346	370^a	348	350	333	326
SE	7.0	8.2	10.4	12.6	9.6	9.4	7.8	6.2	7.6	7.4

^a,b

Different letters are significant at p < 0.05.