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21 – South Point star (Cynodon nlemfuensis)

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, % 45.84 29.56 31.68 28.72 19 43.75 22.33 22.7 19.21 29.20 9.93
Yield, lb/ac 2879.91 598.35 1743.35 2316.35 421.06 51.71 709.16 930.77 938.16 1,176.54 937.28
CP, % 4.86 7.72 8.15 8.04 10.31 8.42 11.14 12.29 10.33 9.03 2.23
ADF, % 46.17 42.47 42.31 42.06 32.89 35.58 29.86 32.22 33.58 37.46 5.81
P, % 0.08 0.19 0.24 0.22 0.29 0.19 0.28 0.33 0.35 0.24 0.08
K, % 0.46 0.72 0.67 0.94 1.04 0.4 0.94 1.64 1.17 0.89 0.38
Ca, % 0.37 0.65 0.36 0.41 0.51 0.81 0.81 0.5 0.63 0.56 0.17
Mg, % 0.09 0.15 0.13 0.15 0.17 1.1 0.18 0.24 0.23 0.27 0.31
Na, % 0.04 0.04 0.09 0.05 0.05 0.1 0.09 0.03 0.07 0.06 0.03

Mn, ppm 35 112 41 41 55 65 37 76 81 60.33 25.80
Fe, ppm 214 3404 584 371 1498 857 336 1570 2407 1,249.00 1,085.22
Cu, ppm 2 7 2 2 4 17 6 6 3 5.44 4.75
Zn, ppm 16 33 21 36 40 15 26 58 36 31.22 13.55
Bo, ppm 2 12 3 3 5 13 10 8 9 7.22 4.12


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Last updated on 11/29/02