| GP after 24 h (ml/500mg) | IVDMD | IVOMD (%) | ME (MJ/kg, DM) | PF (mg/ml) | MB (mg) | VFA (mmol/ml) | NDF-N |
Leafy | 48.0 ± 2.62a | 50.97 ± 0.69a | 64.76 ± 0.31a | 9.56 ± 0.08a | 1.19 ± 0.26a | 88.45 ± 6.25a | 1.08 ± 0.0.6a | 2.40 ± 0.18a |
Bolting | 44.3 ± 0.72ab | 48.38 ± 1.23b | 62.71 ± 1.02a | 9.23 ± 0.12ab | 0.81 ± 0.06b | 80.26 ± 1.69a | 0.99 ± 0.03ab | 1.81 ± 0.49ab |
Early heading | 41.9 ± 0.99b | 45.87 ± 0.37c | 59.14 ± 1.60b | 8.72 ± 0.21b | 0.64 ± 0.02c | 82.93 ± 2.10a | 0.93 ± 0.06b | 2.02 ± 0.92ab |
Flowering | 34.9 ± 6.87c | 42.83 ± 2.01d | 52.09 ± 5.04c | 7.64 ± 0.80c | 0.52 ± 0.05c | 67.99 ± 10.62b | 0.80 ± 0.18c | 1.50 ± 0.43b |