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Table 1 Nutrients and relative feed value of alfalfa in different growth periods

From: Proteomics integrated with metabolomics: analysis of the internal causes of nutrient changes in alfalfa at different growth stages

Growth period

CP

(%DM)

NDF

(%DM)

ADF

(%DM)

RFV

Budding stage

29.00 ± 0.08a

19.36 ± 0.06a

12.14 ± 0.02a

381.72

Early flowering

27.69 ± 0.09b

21.58 ± 0.06b

12.16 ± 0.01a

342.38

Mid-flowering

26.84 ± 0.10c

22.43 ± 0.05c

12.21 ± 0.02b

329.25

  1. a, b, cMeans ± SD within columns with different superscripted letters indicating significant differences (P < 0.05)
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BMC Plant Biology

ISSN: 1471-2229

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