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Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) Cultivar Adaptation, Biomass Production, and Cellulose Concentration as Affected by Latitude of Origin

Table 6

Mean organic matter digestibility (OMD), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), N, P, and Ca concentration of ten switchgrass cultivars grown at Swift Current, SK and at Brandon, MB, Canada.
CultivarOMDNPNDFCa
Swift CurrentBrandonSwift CurrentBrandonSwift CurrentBrandonSwift CurrentBrandonSwift CurrentBrandon
     g kg−1    
Blackwell57954918112.32.35885594.555.27
Cave-in-Rock61256321132.22.65375513.745.49
Dacotah52144312 62.71.56296126.057.05
Forestburg52450315 82.41.96216024.625.64
Nebraska 2852750715 82.51.96245584.265.93
Pathfinder59053421102.72.15795654.385.40
Summer5624991782.42.05926034.305.93
Sunburst5464901672.21.66126213.974.60
ND 37435374461462.61.56166476.136.22
Trailblazer—560—12—2.5—5575.425.73
LSD0.05132411ns0.413140.430.73
ns: not significant at .