Dates of sampling | |||||||
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12/15/99 | 2/15/00 | 4/15/00 | 6/15/00 | 8/15/00 | 10/15/00 | 12/25/00 | |
Months of mulching | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
Weight loss | 0 | 15.4 | 31.5 | 55.8 | 63.3 | 67.0 | 69.1 |
80% ethanol extractives | 33.2 | 31.3 | 17.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
Water extractives | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
Total extractives | 39.2 | 36.7 | 23.6 | 10.1 | 7.4 | 5.4 | 6.2 |
Rhamnose | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Arabinose | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
Xylose | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
Mannose | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
Galactose | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
Glucose | 9.8 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 3.8 |
Total neutral sugars | 19.7 | 14.7 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 10.5 | 9.1 | 6.9 |
Uronic acid | 6.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Klason residues | 22.6 | 26.1 | 34.8 | 44.0 | 46.8 | 49.9 | 50.7 |
Acid soluble lignin | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
Protein | 3.4 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 12.4 | 14.1 |
Ash | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 13.5 |
Total | 99.6 | 94.9 | 89.2 | 88.1 | 90.0 | 92.3 | 93.6 |