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

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 3 Dynamic changes (%) of chemical composition of paper mulberry silage at the before and after ensiling processes

Treatments	DM	CP	NDF	ADF	WSC	EE
CK²	17.01 a	18.25 a	25.21 a	9.89 c	67.07 a	13.28 b
LP²	19.07 a	9.31 c	33.69 a	18.73 bc	70.65 a	15.93 b
WB²	7.44 b	8.54 c	19.34 a	28.07 ab	58.90 b	37.11 a
LP + WB²	7.99 b	12.73 b	22.01 a	42.57 a	55.02 b	39.72 a
SEM³	1.771	1.220	2.644	4.142	2.130	3.735
P-value	0.005	< 0.0001	0.259	0.006	0.005	< 0.0001

¹ DM, dry matter; CP, crude protein; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber; WSC, water-soluble carbohydrate; EE, ether extract
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 ^a−d Means different in the same column with different superscripts letters (P < 0.05). SEM, standard error of means