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19 – California (Brachiaria mutica)

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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, % 37.76 16.41 20.9 24.75 18.15 17.8 20.64 17.95 15.73 21.12 6.81
Yield, lb/ac 8618.4 1527.52 3455.1 3812.85 2174.96 310.26 1137.61 2642.01 1463.19 2,793.54 2,451.85
CP, % 2.39 8.8 6.96 3.78 6.8 9.42 6.2 5.43 8.11 6.43 2.30
ADF, % 48.22 40.55 43.49 46.98 37.97 32.89 37.6 41.17 36.55 40.60 4.99
P, % 0.04 0.21 0.19 0.12 0.17 0.24 0.19 0.2 0.21 0.17 0.06
K, % 0.53 1.28 1.06 0.56 0.59 0.87 0.5 0.6 0.43 0.71 0.29
Ca, % 0.31 0.63 0.41 0.32 0.36 0.57 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.42 0.11
Mg, % 0.11 0.3 0.26 0.21 0.27 0.36 0.21 0.26 0.25 0.25 0.07
Na, % 0.17 0.27 0.37 0.4 0.54 0.65 0.59 0.81 0.77 0.51 0.22

Mn, ppm 24.96 49.00 58 33 17 92 44 35 31 84 47
Fe, ppm 579 2834 490 732 1256 3525 241 934 2905 1,499.56 1,238.82
Cu, ppm 8 10 7 11 12 20 10 9 12 11.00 3.77
Zn, ppm 15 28 26 18 23 39 27 22 33 25.67 7.35
Bo, ppm 3 9 4 5 4 23 7 6 10 7.89 6.13


Tropical Forage Demonstration Garden, Glen K. Fukumoto
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Last updated on 11/29/02