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Table 5 Water-soluble carbohydrate fraction (%DM) of alfalfa in in Experiments I and II, means (n = 4)

From: Influence of drought stress on afalfa yields and nutritional composition

Water-soluble carbohydrate fraction (WSC, %DM)

 

Condition

Gold Queen alfalfa

Suntory alfalfa

Early harvest

Late harvest

Early harvest

Late harvest

Spring 2013

Control

6.58 ± 0.04a

6.84 ± 0.02a

6.40 ± 0.04a

6.72 ± 0.48a

Moderate spring drought

6.52 ± 0.14a

6.74 ± 0.92a

6.40 ± 0.14a

6.69 ± 0.41a

Severe spring drought

6.53 ± 0.03a

6.83 ± 0.02a

6.38 ± 0.03a

6.70 ± 0.05a

Control

6.52 ± 0.03a

6.83 ± 0.01a

6.38 ± 0.02a

6.66 ± 0.05a

Moderate summer drought

6.52 ± 0.03a

6.82 ± 0.02a

6.38 ± 0.02a

6.66 ± 0.05a

Severe summer drought

6.57 ± 0.04a

6.87 ± 0.02a

6.50 ± 0.06b

6.74 ± 0.05a

Spring 2014

Control

6.5 ± 0.03a

6.82 ± 0.02a

6.36 ± 0.03a

6.70 ± 0.04a

Early spring severe drought

6.34 ± 0.02b

6.71 ± 0.02b

6.31 ± 0.04a

6.55 ± 0.05b,c

Late spring severe drought

6.28 ± 0.02b

6.62 ± 0.03c

6.30 ± 0.03a

6.46 ± 0.07c

rainfed

6.48 ± 0.03a

6.80 ± 0.02a

6.33 ± 0.03a

6.66 ± 0.04a,b