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Table 1 Nutritional parameters, fermentation parameters and mycotoxin contents of fresh whole-crop corn (%DM)

From: Effects of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum inoculation on the quality and bacterial community of whole-crop corn silage at different harvest stages

Item

Fresh whole-crop corn

SEM

P value

Milk stage

Dough stage

Nutritional parameters

  

 DM %

29.74

37.52

1.77

 < 0.05

 CP %

7.86

7.65

0.06

 < 0.05

 Starch %

30.24

33.53

0.80

 < 0.05

 NDF %

43.62

42.25

0.51

0.21

 ADF %

23.83

22.99

0.69

0.60

Fermentation parameters

  

 pH

4.55

4.39

0.05

0.08

 Lactic acid %

0.36

0.67

0.07

 < 0.05

 Acetic acid %

0.40

0.37

0.05

0.77

 Propionic acid %

 < 0.03

 < 0.03

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 Butyric acid %

 < 0.03

 < 0.03

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 NH3–N %

0.31 ± 0.15

0.31 ± 0.02

0.05

0.98

Mycotoxins

  

 DON (mg/kg)

0.40

2.27

0.43

 < 0.05

 AFB1 (μg/kg)

1.29

1.05

0.12

0.36

 ZEN (μg/kg)

 < 50

 < 50

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