Grass Age Intervals (Month)

Nutrients

First

July

Mid

August

Mid

September

Mid

October

Mid

November

Mid

December

Overall

Mean

SEM

LSD

DM%

80.58^d

84.00^d

90.23^c

96.19^a

91.47^b

91.87^b

88.65

1.01

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Ash%

8.95^d

9.98^c

8.88^d

13.00^a

12.19^b

12.07^b

10.94

0.52

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OM%

91.05^a

89.98^b

91.13^a

87.50^c

87.81^c

87.93^c

89.11

0.59

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CP%

3.82^e

7.90^e

8.80^a

6.91^c

5.21^d

4.03^e

6.06

0.27

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CF%

21.25^e

22.53^e

34.17^c

38.79^a

36.05^b

28.96^d

29.85

0.71

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EE%

6.63^a

5.95^e

7.86^a

3.96^d

5.17^c

12.90

6.88

0.41

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NFEE%

45.13^e

43.94^b

40.78^c

34.88^e

37.82^d

42.55^b

38.81

1.29

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NDF%

45.34^e

61.79^c

66.59^b

73.53^a

58.84^d

56.65^d

60.09

0.39

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Hemi-Cellulose%

8.62^c

26.17^c

34.44^a

22.32^b

19.69^d

9.25^e

21.31

2.42

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ADF%

36.65^c

35.13^c

32.15^d

51.16^a

34.13^d

47.46^b

39.28

0.94

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Cellulose%

26.28^b

25.88^b

24.20^c

36.04^a

16.97^d

12.55^e

23.73

1.48

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Lignin%

7.81^e

8.26^d

8.15^d

15.82^c

17.16^b

34.85^a

15.45

0.52

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ME MJ/kg/DM

8.85^a

8.11^ab

8.62^b

6.76^c

6.47^d

6.40^d

12.45

0.56

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