Table 2 from:


Rayburn, E. B., Whetsell, M. S., Lozier, J. D., Smith, B. D., Shockey, W. L., and Seymore, D. A. 2008. Initial nutritive value and utilization affect apparent diet quality of grazed forage. Online. Forage and Grazinglands doi:10.1094/FG-2008-0903-01-RS.




Table 2. Correlation matrix of forage chemical components and physical measurements. Only correlation coefficients that were significant at the P < 0.01 level are shown.

   IFM HT IFM CPIFM ADFIFM NDFIFM TDNIFM NSCIFM RFMHT RFM FU FM UTIL CP DQ ADFDQ NDF DQ TDNDQ NSC DQ
IFMHT                                
IFM                                
CPIFM   -0.50                            
ADFIFM   0.58 -0.79                          
NDFIFM   0.37 -0.82 0.82                        
TDNIFM   -0.53 0.55 -0.69 -0.65                      
NSCIFM     0.44 -0.67 -0.82 0.58                    
RFMHT 0.60         0.43                    
RFM   0.82 -0.39 0.45   -0.33                    
FU   0.32     0.36 -0.35 -0.34 -0.37                
FMUTIL   0.88 -0.46 0.54 0.41 -0.56     0.45 0.70            
CPDQ   -0.51 0.83 -0.69 -0.71 0.50 0.41   -0.35 -0.33 -0.51          
ADFDQ   0.43 -0.33 0.60 0.50 -0.44 -0.53     0.38 0.47 -0.50        
NDFDQ   0.33 -0.34 0.46 0.59 -0.44 -0.60     0.39 0.38 -0.51 0.80      
TDNDQ   -0.38   -0.46 -0.40 0.56 0.42     -0.44 -0.47 0.39 -0.85 -0.64    
NSCDQ         -0.34   0.55     -0.31     -0.74 -0.86 0.65  

IFMHT = pregrazing initial forage mass compressed height
IFM = pregrazing initial forage mass
CPIFM = crude protein in the pregrazing initial forage mass
ADFIFM = acid detergent fiber in the pregrazing initial forage mass
NDFIFM = neutral detergent fiber in the pregrazing initial forage mass
TDNIFM = total digestible nutrients in the pregrazing initial forage mass
NSCIFM = non structural carbohydrates in the pregrazing initial forage mass
RFMHT = postgrazing residual forage mass compressed height		 RFM = postgrazing residual forage mass
FU = forage utilization
FMUTIL = utilized forage mass
CPDQ = apparent diet quality CP
ADFDQ = apparent diet quality ADF
NDFDQ = apparent diet quality NDF
TDNDQ = apparent diet quality TDN
NSCDQ = apparent diet quality NSC







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