Grass Age Intervals (Month) | |||||||||
Nutrients | First July | Mid August | Mid September | Mid October | Mid November | Mid December | Overall Mean | SEM | LSD |
DM% | 80.58d | 84.00d | 90.23c | 96.19a | 91.47b | 91.87b | 88.65 | 1.01 | ** |
Ash% | 8.95d | 9.98c | 8.88d | 13.00a | 12.19b | 12.07b | 10.94 | 0.52 | * |
OM% | 91.05a | 89.98b | 91.13a | 87.50c | 87.81c | 87.93c | 89.11 | 0.59 | ** |
CP% | 3.82e | 7.90e | 8.80a | 6.91c | 5.21d | 4.03e | 6.06 | 0.27 | ** |
CF% | 21.25e | 22.53e | 34.17c | 38.79a | 36.05b | 28.96d | 29.85 | 0.71 | * |
EE% | 6.63a | 5.95e | 7.86a | 3.96d | 5.17c | 12.90 | 6.88 | 0.41 | * |
NFEE% | 45.13e | 43.94b | 40.78c | 34.88e | 37.82d | 42.55b | 38.81 | 1.29 | * |
NDF% | 45.34e | 61.79c | 66.59b | 73.53a | 58.84d | 56.65d | 60.09 | 0.39 | ** |
Hemi-Cellulose% | 8.62c | 26.17c | 34.44a | 22.32b | 19.69d | 9.25e | 21.31 | 2.42 | ** |
ADF% | 36.65c | 35.13c | 32.15d | 51.16a | 34.13d | 47.46b | 39.28 | 0.94 | * |
Cellulose% | 26.28b | 25.88b | 24.20c | 36.04a | 16.97d | 12.55e | 23.73 | 1.48 | * |
Lignin% | 7.81e | 8.26d | 8.15d | 15.82c | 17.16b | 34.85a | 15.45 | 0.52 | ** |
ME MJ/kg/DM | 8.85a | 8.11ab | 8.62b | 6.76c | 6.47d | 6.40d | 12.45 | 0.56 | ** |