Table 4 Acid detergent fibre fraction (ADF, expressed as % DM) of alfalfa in in Experiments I and II, means (n = 4)

Spring 2013

34.52 ± 0.33^a

36.23 ± 0.29^a

36.15 ± 0.47^a

37.67 ± 0.40^a

33.12 ± 0.37^a

35.23 ± 0.73^a

35.15 ± 0.17^a

36.67 ± 0.49^a

32.25 ± 0.27^b

33.73 ± 0.30^b

34.23 ± 0.40^b

34.09 ± 0.38^b

35.36 ± 0.35^a

38.66 ± 0.26^a

36.69 ± 0.40^a

39.51 ± 0.24^a

32.83 ± 0.18^b

34.49 ± 0.22^b

34.91 ± 0.34^b

36.07 ± 0.43^b

38.70 ± 0.31^c

42.64 ± 0.32^c

39.90 ± 0.35^c

43.66 ± 0.17^c

Spring 2014

36.51 ± 0.37^a

39.66 ± 0.23^a

37.93 ± 0.34^a

40.41 ± 0.32^a

38.73 ± 0.23^b

40.82 ± 0.24^a

38.97 ± 0.26^b

42.83 ± 0.32^b

39.82 ± 0.14^c

43.93 ± 0.32^b

40.14 ± 0.20^c

43.64 ± 0.19^c

36.24 ± 0.32^a

38.90 ± 0.20^a

37.27 ± 0.63^a

40.00 ± 0.51^a