Table 2.
The variations of bacterial community alpha-diversity (Shannon index) of whole-plant corn silage
| Treatments1 | Ensiling periods | SEM2 | Effects3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 d | 7 d | 14 d | 60 d | 90 d | T | D | T × D | ||
| Control | 3.89 | 4.62a | 4.34a | 4.23a | 3.48a | 0.021 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| MTD/1 | 4.16 | 4.36ab | 3.93b | 2.60c | 2.30b | ||||
| ATCC14917 | 4.33 | 4.23b | 4.38a | 3.77b | 1.86c | ||||
| CICC24194 | 4.24 | 4.46ab | 4.00b | 3.70b | 2.60b | ||||
| Means | 4.15 | 4.42 | 4.16 | 3.53 | 2.56 | ||||
1Control, distilled water; MTD/1, MTD/1 treatment; ATCC14917, ATCC14917 treatment; CICC24194, CICC24194 treatment
2SEM Standard error of the means
3T, the effect of treatments; D, the effect of ensiling periods; T × D, the interaction of treatments and ensiling periods
a–cMeans within the same row with different superscript letters differ (P < 0.05)