Treatments

Acid Hydrolysis C Fraction (mg·kg⁻¹)

Depths (cm)

0 - 5

5 - 10

Pre-grazed

Post-grazed

Corn-phase

Pre-grazed

Post-grazed

Corn-phase

Cover Crops (CC)

Grass blend

337.6^a†

331.6^a

275.0^a

306.2^a

274.5^a

292.0^a

Legume blend

320.1^a

317.9^a

263.8^a

293.8^a

301.1^a

295.9^a

Equal blend

333.1^a

337.7^a

280.3^a

324.6^a

292.7^a

311.8^a

Control

322.7^a

323.9^b

290.2^a

323.5^a

264.8^a

292.8^a

Grazing (G)

Ungrazed

-

337.6^a

257.2^a

-

293.8^a

306.3^a

Grazed

-

348.7^a

296.6^a

-

274.0^a

291.7^a

Analysis of Variance (P > F)

CC

0.83

0.06

0.64

0.12

0.07

0.89

G

-

0.39

0.14

-

0.07

0.42

CC × G

-

0.85

0.46

-

0.32

0.97