Table 3 Changes in detergent fiber content (g/kg DM) over an eight wk period of 0.5 and 2 cm wood chips incubated with three different amounts of C. subvermispora inoculum

ADL

0

214.8^a

214.8^a

214.8^a

214.8^a

214.8^a

214.8^a

2

197.8^a

162.4^b

162.6^b

178.3^b

163.7^b

156.5^b

4

127.0^b

130.0^c

126.3^c

133.2^c

126.8^c

134.3^c

6

128.3^b

118.4^d

123.4^c

111.8^d

126.4^c

126.4^c

8

112.0^b

123.6^cd

129.4^c

126.0^c

121.2^c

120.7^c

9.95

2.07

2.18

2.31

5.41

2.95

<.0001

<.0001

<.0001

<.0001

<.0001

<.0001

HC

0

151.5^a

151.5^a

151.5^a

151.5^a

151.5^a

151.5^ab

2

154.1^a

160.7^a

170.7^a

151.7^a

156.2^a

158.3^a

4

90.0^b

98.5^b

92.8^b

109.4^bc

114.1^b

129.9^abc

6

107.4^b

85.6^b

87.0^b

126.8^ab

106.2^b

122.6^bc

8

74.5^b

73.1^b

74.8^b

94.9^c

107.3^b

112.1^c

8.21

10.80

9.82

5.50

4.32

6.55

0.0001

0.0005

0.0001

<.0001

<.0001

0.0025

Cell

0

381.3^a

381.3^b

381.3^ab

381.3^b

381.3^b

381.3^b

2

390.3^ab

393.1^ab

375.3^b

408.2^b

396.8^b

387.4^b

4

417.0^ab

403.3^ab

384.5^ab

414.7^ab

430.3^a

422.2^a

6

417.9^ab

415.4^ab

405.4^a

455.1^a

446.0^a

419.3^a

8

430.3^a

419.1^a

397.1^ab

424.2^ab

438.4^a

419.2^a

10.34

7.90

5.98

9.97

6.82

6.42

0.0349

0.0362

0.0301

0.0054

0.0002

0.0019