Table 4. Number of the plants per 0.18 m² in falls of 2015, 2016, and 2017, and springs of 2016, 2017, and 2018

Last cut in fall	Plants number	First cut in spring	Plants number
Variety		Variety
RA	19^a	RA	16^b
A	18^a	A	17^a
LA	18^a	LA	15^b
Last cut in fall		First cut in spring
15-Sep	21^a	15-Sep	18^a
30-Sep	18^b	30-Sep	17^b
15-Oct	16^b	15-Oct	14^c
30-Oct	18^b	30-Oct	14^c
Year		Year
Fall 2015	20^a	Spring 2016	19^a
Fall 2016	19^b	Spring 2017	16^b
Fall 2017	16^c	Spring 2018	12^c
p-value
Last cut	***	Last cut	***
Year	***	Year	***
Variety	NS	Variety	**
Year × Last cut	***	Year × Last cut	***
Variety × Last cut	NS	Variety × Last cut	NS

Different letters in the same column are significant at α level of either 0.05 or 0.01.
Significant at α level of 0.05 and ***Significant at α level of 0.01.
RA, Roundup Ready Tonica alfalfa; A, Gunner conventional alfalfa; LA, low-lignin Hi-Gest 360 alfalfa; NS, not significant.