Table 4 Mean comparison of three nutritive value traits among four soil zones for 14 alfalfa populations with long-term grazing history from 2018 to 2019 at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Saskatoon Research Farm, SK, Canada.

From: Genetic diversity and local adaption of alfalfa populations (Medicago sativa L.) under long-term grazing

Soil zone

ADF (%DM)

NDF (%DM)

CP (%DM)

Black

37.1a

44.6a

16.3c

Brown

33.9c

40.6c

17.5a

Dark Brown

35.5b

42.4b

16.9b

Grey Wooded

34.7b

41.4bc

17.5a

SEM

0.6

0.3

0.1

p value

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

  1. Note: ADF, acid detergent fiber; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; CP, crude protein. The different lowercase letters within a column are significantly different according to Tukey’s HSD at p ≤ 0.05. SEM, standard error of the mean.
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