Plant and Endophyte Effect on Fiber, N, and P Concentrations in Tall Fescue

Table 3

Maturity, plant, and endophyte effect on ADF and N concentration of tall fescue from the field study.

	g kg^−1dry matter
	Plant maturity			Endophyte status		Plant no.
Component	Vegetative	Boot	Mature	E+	E−	7	17	22
ADF	257^c†	272b	302a	281a	274b	273b	278a	280a
N	29.0a	16.4b	12.2c	18.5a	19.2b	20.5a	16.2b	19.2a

^†Within row, means within column heading followed by differing letters are significantly different at 𝑃=.05.