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07 – Rodd's Bay (Paspalum plicatulum)

Dry Matter, Yield and Nutrient Compostion at 12-weeks

Fall Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter Spring Summer Fall Average Standard
deviation

12/10/96 03/10/97 06/10/97 09/10/97 12/10/97 03/10/98 06/16/98 09/17/98 12/16/98

DM, % 20.83 15.09 23.76 21.34 18.24 19.85 25.22 19.35 18.83 20.28 3.00
Yield 4712.02 1474.39 2002.44 2194.29 627.9 768.25 1255.8 3690.24 2385.94 2,123.47 1,345.89
CP, % 7.93 10.57 7.9 6.25 8.33 8.55 8.95 6.73 7.81 8.11 1.25
ADF, % 45.53 40.66 40.49 39.88 33.22 29.72 32.55 37.54 33.12 36.97 5.11
P, % 0.13 0.18 0.13 0.1 0.14 0.15 0.14 0.16 0.18 0.15 0.03
K, % 1.42 1.9 1.38 1.39 0.81 1 0.82 1.11 0.8 1.18 0.37
Ca, % 0.77 1.15 1.14 0.94 1.53 1.75 1.28 0.93 1.33 1.20 0.31
Mg, % 0.32 0.36 0.32 0.26 0.32 0.47 0.44 0.46 0.55 0.39 0.09
Na, % 0.11 0.14 0.12 0.09 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.08 0.04

Mn, ppm 125 115 107 149 275 243 99 113 228 161.56 67.85
Fe, ppm 726 1718 792 1477 1708 5823 1360 409 3206 1,913.22 1,675.69
Cu, ppm 6 8 3 6 7 11 5 6 5 6.33 2.24
Zn, ppm 20 23 23 20 20 25 14 12 22 19.89 4.28
Bo, ppm 6 10 7 7 8 41 9 5 13 11.78 11.21


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Last updated on 11/29/02