Table 2.
Estimates of α-diversity in sorghum silages as a function of dry matter (DM) content (27 vs. 39%) and L. plantarum application after 90 days of fermentation
| α-diversity | Treatments* | SEM | P value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-inoculated | LP-inoculated | |||||||
| Low-DM | High-DM | Low-DM | High-DM | DM | I | DM × I | ||
| OTU | 30.0 | 39.3 | 15.0 | 34.0 | 6.37 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.29 |
| Chao1 | 37.5 | 55.2 | 21.2 | 46.9 | 6.53 | 0.03 | 0.19 | 0.65 |
| Simpson | 0.96 | 0.74 | 0.98 | 0.92 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.17 |
| Shannon | 0.14 | 0.62 | 0.07 | 0.24 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.15 |
| Coverage | 0.999 | 0.999 | 0.999 | 0.999 | – | 0.20 | 0.31 | 0.46 |
*Non-inoculated, silage without inoculation; LP, L. plantarum inoculation; SEM, standard error of the mean; OUT, operational taxonomic unit; DM, dry matter content effect; I, inoculant effect; DM × I, the interaction between DM content and inoculant