Research Article
Impacts of Improved Switchgrass and Big Bluestem Selections on Yield, Morphological Characteristics, and Biomass Quality
Table 3
Moisture concentration (%) at fall harvest of 11 selections of switchgrass and 3 selections of big bluestem at two sites in Southern Quebec.
| Entry | Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | Cookshire-Eaton | 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Switchgrass | | | | | Sunburst | 36.8 | 34.1 | 33.8 | 27.6 | Blue Jacket | 36.1 | 33.8 | 31.6 | 31.8 | Blue Jacket II | 35.5 | 35.4 | 32.7 | 30.1 | Blue Jacket Early | 38.1 | 35.2 | 30.1 | 28.0 | Summer | 39.7 | 31.9 | 26.1 | 24.4 | Tecumseh | 37.7 | 35.8 | 37.5 | 29.3 | Tecumseh II | 40.3 | 34.3 | 31.4 | 20.2 | Cave-in-Rock | 46.1 | 41.0 | 43.6 | 29.8 | Cave-in-Rock II | 45.8 | 44.5 | 44.9 | 39.6 | Cave-in-Rock Early | 44.1 | 41.8 | 35.5 | 31.6 | Sandlover | 49.1 | 44.5 | 38.7 | 34.8 | Switchgrass mean | 40.8 | 37.5 | 35.1 | 29.7 | Big Bluestem | | | | | Prairie view | 43.7 | 39.6 | 44.3 | 38.9 | Prairie view II | 46.8 | 41.0 | 35.6 | 30.9 | Prairie view Early | 43.8 | 39.0 | 44.0 | 33.7 | Big bluestem mean | 44.8 | 39.9 | 41.3 | 34.5 |
| Overall mean | 41.7 | 38.0 | 36.4 | 30.8 |
| value | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.0002 | 0.0023 |
| LSD (5%) | 3.3 | 3.2 | 7.9 | 7.6 |
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