Table 4 Changes in absolute amounts of detergent fiber (g) over an eight wk period of 0.5 and 2 cm wood chips incubated with three different amounts of C. subvermispora inoculum

ADL

0

31.2^a

31.2^a

31.2^a

31.2^a

31.2^a

31.2^a

2

27.5^a

22.3^b

22.4^b

24.3^b

23.0^b

21.3^b

4

16.2^b

16.9^c

16.3^c

17.3^c

16.6^c

18.1^c

6

16.4^b

14.9^d

15.8^c

14.0^d

16.1^c

16.5^cd

8

13.8^b

15.1^d

16.4^c

15.5^d

15.5^c

15.2^d

1.60

0.30

0.31

0.35

0.80

0.52

<.0001

<.0001

<.0001

<.0001

<.0001

<.0001

HC

0

22.0^a

22.0^a

22.0^a

22.0^a

22.0^a

22.0^a

2

21.4^a

22.1^a

23.5^a

20.7^a

21.9^a

21.6^ab

4

11.5^b

12.8^b

12.0^b

14.2^bc

14.9^b

17.5^bc

6

13.7^b

10.8^b

11.1^b

15.9^b

13.6^b

16.0^c

8

9.2^b

9.0^b

9.5^b

11.7^c

13.7^b

14.1^c

1.19

1.47

1.30

0.83

0.59

0.94

<.0001

0.0001

<.0001

<.0001

<.0001

0.0005

Cell

0

55.5

55.5

55.5^a

55.5

55.5

55.5

2

54.1

54.0

51.7^ab

55.7

55.7

52.7

4

53.2

52.3

49.8^b

53.9

56.3

57.0

6

53.2

52.3

51.9^ab

57.0

57.0

54.6

8

52.9

51.3

50.5^b

52.1

55.9

52.9

1.59

1.05

0.81

1.25

0.91

0.91

0.7836

0.1072

0.0048

0.133

0.7735

0.0402