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Fig. 6. The impact of ferulate ether cross-linking frequency with Klason lignin on total cell wall polysaccharide in vitro ruminal degradability of maize internodes sampled at 10 developmental stages. Data are means across three maize hybrids and two growth years. Linear regressions for degradability with ferulate/Klason lignin cross-linking frequency of elongating internodes (Sampling Dates 1 through 5: 24 h = 952 – 3.59X, r2 = 0.74; 96 h = 989 – 2.60X, r2 = 0.79) and post-elongation internodes (Sampling Dates 5 through 10: 24 h = 128 + 6.84X, r2 = 0.85; 96 h = 261 + 6.69X, r2 = 0.82) were calculated.
