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Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 2 Chemical composition of paper mulberry silage

From: Effect of lactic acid bacteria and wheat bran on the fermentation quality and bacterial community of Broussonetia papyrifera silage

Treatment1

DM (g kg−1 FM)

Chemical composition (g kg−1 DM)

CP

NDF

ADF

WSC

EE

CK2

233.53 b

163.34 c

359.90 a

245.74 a

9.24 b

79.59 a

LP2

227.78 c

181.20 a

318.56 a

221.17 a

8.23 b

77.22 b

WB2

440.34 a

184.88 a

374.68 a

162.89 b

11.82 a

69.25 c

LP + WB2

437.71 a

176.41 b

362.91 a

131.23 b

12.93 a

66.34 d

SEM3

31.426

2.510

11.159

14.353

0.638

1.665

P-value

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.339

< 0.0001

0.003

< 0.0001

  1. 1 DM, dry matter; CP, crude protein; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber; WSC, water-soluble carbohydrate; EE, ether extract
  2. 2 CK, no additives; LP, Lactobacillus plantarum additives; WB, 30% wheat bran additives; LP + WB: Lactobacillus plantarum additives plus 30% wheat bran. Data represent the means of three replicates (n = 3)
  3. 3 a−d Means different in the same column with different superscripts letters (P < 0.05). SEM, standard error of means
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