Table 8. Neutral detergent fiber at each cutting for alfalfa under different treatments in 2016 and 2017

Treatment	2016					2017
Treatment	Cut 1	Cut 2	Cut 3	Cut 4	Cut 5	Cut 1	Cut 2	Cut 3	Cut 4	Cut 5
Harvest interval (g kg⁻¹)
28-day	407^b	496	443^b	475	432	435	396^b	413^b	395^b	407
35-day	504^a	493	527^a	453	-	461	466^a	439^a	418^a	-
SE	7.9	9.1	8.6	8.2	-	17.4	5.7	6.1	6.0	-
Seeding rate
17 kg ha⁻¹	461	496	488	466	438	443	431	426	405	414
20 kg ha⁻¹	453	497	481	461	437	449	433	421	407	405
23 kg ha⁻¹	453	492	486	463	420	452	430	431	406	402
SE	8.5	11.1	10.0	8.8	10.1	14.4	6.7	7.1	7.2	6.3
Variety
Hi-Gest 360	456	503	476	441^b	426	424^b	422	424	392^b	396^b
Gunner	453	500	499	483^a	431	451^ab	439	425	410^ab	419^a
RR Tonnica	457	482	480	467^ab	438	470^b	433	428	416^a	406^ab
SE	8.5	11.1	9.8	8.8	10.1	14.4	6.5	7.0	6.9	6.3

Different letters are significant at p < 0.05.