Table 1. Effect of date and rate of nitrogen application averaged over lime rate on dry matter yield of bahiagrass, 1990.
Date of Application				Cutting date
4/1	5/1	6/1	7/1	6/04	6/29	7/26	11/15	Total
Ammonium nitrate				----------lb/acre----------
-----lb/acre------
0	0	0	0	1,060	1,095	477	233	2,867
200	0	200	0	1,228	1,333	728	251	3,541
100	100	100	100	1,807	1,740	778	232	4,557
400	0	400	0	1,674	1,628	882	329	4,514
Mean				1,443	1,449	716	261	3,870
LSD 0.05				127	197	118	62	268
CV%				12.0	18.5	22.3	32.3	9.4

Table 2. Effect of date and rate of nitrogen application averaged over lime rate on acid detergent fiber of bahiagrass, 1990.
Date of Application				Cutting date
4/1	5/1	6/1	7/1	6/04	6/29	7/26	11/15	Average
Ammonium nitrate				----------%----------
------lb/acre------
0	0	0	0	38.7	39.2	40.2	35.5	38.4
200	0	200	0	38.8	38.5	39.3	34.9	37.9
100	100	100	100	37.6	39.2	37.9	34.5	37.3
400	0	400	0	36.5	37.2	36.8	33.7	36.0
Mean				37.9	38.5	38.5	34.6	37.4
LSD 0.05				0.7	1.1	1.4	1.1	0.5
CV%				1.8	2.7	3.6	3.0	2.9

Table 3. Effect of date and rate of nitrogen application averaged over lime rate on crude protein percentage of bahiagrass, 1990.
Date of Application				Cutting date
4/1	5/1	6/1	7/1	6/04	6/29	7/26	11/15	Average
Ammonium nitrate				----------%----------
------lb/acre------
0	0	0	0	10.5	10.4	10.1	6.7	9.4
200	0	200	0	10.9	12.3	11.4	7.0	10.4
100	100	100	100	12.2	11.7	12.1	7.7	10.9
400	0	400	0	13.4	13.7	13.6	8.2	12.2
Mean				11.7	12.0	11.8	7.4	10.7
LSD 0.05				0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.3
CV%				4.8	5.4	6.3	8.9	6.6

Table 4. Effect of date and rate of nitrogen application averaged over lime on total digestible nutrient yield of bahiagrass, 1990.
Date of Application				Cutting date
4/1	5/1	6/1	7/1	6/04	6/29	7/26	11/15	Average
Ammonium nitrate				----------lb/acre----------
-----lb/acre-----
0	0	0	0	604	619	265	120	1,609
200	0	200	0	700	761	409	130	2,000
100	100	100	100	1,048	984	448	120	2,600
400	0	400	0	989	951	518	170	2,629
Mean				836	829	410	135	2,210
LSD 0.05				105	152	108	NS	223
CV%				12.3	17.8	25.4	40.1	9.9

Table 5. Effect of date and rate of nitrogen application averaged over lime rate on neutral detergent fiber of bahiagrass, 1990.
Date of Application				Cutting date
4/1	5/1	6/1	7/1	6/04	6/29	7/26	11/15	Average
Ammonium nitrate				----------%----------
-----lb/acre-----
0	0	0	0	76.0	76.0	73.7	68.6	73.3
200	0	200	0	75.7	75.7	73.2	68.1	72.8
100	100	100	100	75.0	75.0	72.8	67.8	72.5
400	0	400	0	74.7	74.7	71.8	66.9	71.7
Mean				75.3	74.2	72.9	67.8	72.6
LSD 0.05				NS	0.7	1.1	0.9	0.6
CV%				1.3	0.8	1.1	0.9	1.2

Table 6. Effect of date and rate of nitrogen application averaged over lime rate on dry matter yield of bahiagrass, 1991.
Date of Application				Cutting date
4/1	5/1	6/1	7/1	5/24	6/18	7/22	8/12	Total
Ammonium nitrate				----------lb/acre----------
-----lb/acre-----
0	0	0	0	1,137	787	934	753	3,612
200	0	200	0	1,145	1,008	1,103	768	4,025
100	100	100	100	1,276	952	1,096	798	4,122
400	0	400	0	1,297	1,108	1,112	808	4,324
Mean				1,214	964	1,061	782	3,997
LSD 0.05				NS	102	NS	NS	481
CV%				19.1	10.3	21.6	19.9	11.6

Table 7. Effect of date and rate of nitrogen application averaged over lime rate on crude protein of bahiagrass, 1991.
Date of Application				Cutting date
4/1	5/1	6/1	7/1	5/24	6/18	7/22	8/12	Average
Ammonium nitrate				----------lb/acre----------
-----lb/acre-----
0	0	0	0	12.5	12.3	13.0	13.8	12.9
200	0	200	0	12.3	15.0	14.5	14.4	14.0
100	100	100	100	12.2	14.3	15.3	14.9	14.2
400	0	400	0	12.8	15.6	15.4	16.0	14.9
Mean				12.4	14.3	14.5	14.8	14.0
LSD 0.05				1.3	1.3	1.2	0.8	0.6
CV%				6.6	8.8	8.4	4.9	6.7

Table 8. Effect of date and rate of nitrogen application averaged over lime rate on total digestible nutrient yield of bahiagrass, 1991.
Date of Application				Cutting date
4/1	5/1	6/1	7/1	5/24	6/18	7/22	8/12	Total
Ammonium nitrate				----------lb/acre----------
-----lb/acre-----
0	0	0	0	629	429	513	424	1,995
200	0	200	0	631	554	619	439	2,243
100	100	100	100	697	527	618	453	2,295
400	0	400	0	709	607	628	468	2,412
Mean				666	529	594	446	2,236
LSD 0.05				NS	53	NS	NS	265
CV%				19.1	9.7	21.1	20.0	11.8

Table 9. Effect of date and rate of nitrogen application averaged over lime rate on neutral detergent fiber of bahiagrass, 1991.
Date of Application				Cutting date
4/1	5/1	6/1	7/1	5/24	6/18	7/22	8/12	Average
Ammonium nitrate				----------%----------
-----lb/acre-----
0	0	0	0	73.3	73.5	72.7	73.4	73.3
200	0	200	0	73.7	73.1	71.7	72.4	72.7
100	100	100	100	73.7	73.1	72.0	71.6	72.6
400	0	400	0	73.9	73.0	71.6	70.9	72.4
Mean				73.7	73.2	72.4	71.7	72.7
LSD 0.05				NS	NS	0.9	1.1	0.6
CV%				0.9	1.2	1.1	1.4	1.1

Table 10. Effect of date and rate of nitrogen application averaged over lime rate on acid detergent fiber of bahiagrass, 1991.
Date of Application				Cutting date
4/1	5/1	6/1	7/1	5/24	6/18	7/22	8/12	Average
Ammonium nitrate				----------%----------
-----lb/acre-----
0	0	0	0	38.6	39.4	39.1	37.8	38.7
200	0	200	0	38.9	39.5	38.0	36.6	38.3
100	100	100	100	39.3	38.9	37.7	37.2	38.3
400	0	400	0	39.6	39.7	37.5	36.1	38.2
Mean				39.1	39.4	38.1	36.9	38.4
LSD 0.05				NS	NS	1.2	0.9	NS
CV%				3.2	2.4	2.8	2.5	2.7

Table 11. Effect of date and rate of nitrogen application averaged over lime rate on dry matter yield of bahiagrass, 1992.
Date of Application				Cutting date
4/1	5/1	6/1	7/1	5/16	6/30	7/14	7/31	8/27	9/30	Total
Ammonium nitrate				-------------lb/acre------------
-----lb/acre------
0	0	0	0	700	771	677	512	747	617	4,046
200	0	200	0	940	1,031	988	657	1,188	777	5,697
100	100	100	100	1,202	1,110	1,109	524	1,417	918	6,144
400	0	400	0	1,399	1,029	1,073	502	1,257	991	6,123
Mean				1,060	985	961	549	1,152	825	5,503
LSD 0.05				239	132	223	79	164	157	663
CV%				21.8	13.0	22.5	13.9	14.8	18.1	11.6

Table 12. Effect of date and rate of nitrogen application averaged over lime rate on crude protein of bahiagrass, 1992.
Date of Application				Cutting date
4/1	5/1	6/1	7/1	5/16	6/30	7/14	7/31	Average
Ammonium nitrate				-----------%------------
-------lb/acre-------
0	0	0	0	14.1	13.3	11.3	12.2	12.7
200	0	200	0	14.3	12.9	14.0	15.8	14.2
100	100	100	100	15.1	13.0	13.6	17.3	14.7
400	0	400	0	16.4	12.8	15.0	18.1	15.6
Mean				15.0	12.9	13.5	15.8	14.3
LSD 0.05				1.2	NS	0.5	1.0	0.5
CV%				7.5	8.9	3.6	5.9	6.4

Table 13. Effect of date and rate of nitrogen application averaged over lime rate on total digestible nutrient yield of bahiagrass, 1992.
Date of Application				Cutting date
4/1	5/1	6/1	7/1	5/16	6/30	7/14	7/31	Total
Ammonium nitrate				-----------lb/acre------------
-------lb/acre-------
0	0	0	0	391	422	352	279	1,457
200	0	200	0	525	562	540	375	2,002
100	100	100	100	676	606	593	299	2,175
400	0	400	0	828	560	588	293	2,316
Mean				598	541	518	311	1,995
LSD 0.05				127	76	115	47	250
CV%				20.1	13.3	21.7	14.6	11.7

Table 14. Effect of date and rate of nitrogen application averaged over lime rate on acid detergent fiber of bahiagrass, 1992.
Date of Application				Cutting date
4/1	5/1	6/1	7/1	5/16	6/30	7/14	7/31	Average
Ammonium nitrate				-----------%------------
-------lb/acre-------
0	0	0	0	38.4	39.8	42.6	40.0	40.2
200	0	200	0	38.4	39.9	39.9	37.5	38.9
100	100	100	100	38.2	39.8	41.2	37.6	39.2
400	0	400	0	38.2	40.0	39.9	36.2	38.6
Mean				38.3	39.9	40.9	37.8	39.2
LSD 0.05				NS	NS	0.9	1.2	0.6
CV%				2.3	2.7	2.4	3.2	1.6

Table 15. Effect of date and rate of nitrogen application averaged over lime rate on neutral detergent fiber of bahiagrass, 1992.
Date of Application				Cutting date
4/1	5/1	6/1	7/1	5/16	6/30	7/14	7/31	Average
Ammonium nitrate				-----------%------------
-------lb/acre-------
0	0	0	0	72.1	73.6	74.9	74.0	73.7
2	0	200	0	71.6	73.1	71.7	72.1