. 2024 Jun 25;37(12):2091–2100. doi: 10.5713/ab.24.0251

Table 1.

The chemical composition of Italian ryegrass with different wilting time prior to ensiling

Treatments¹⁾	DM (% FM)	pH	% DM						RFV	TDN (%)

			WSC	CP	NDF	ADF	HEM	IVDMD
W0	30.61^d	5.86^b	17.67	6.36^a	66.06^b	40.28^c	25.78^ab	65.87^a	81.01^a	57.08^a
W1	42.78^c	6.27^a	15.96	6.31^a	66.75^b	41.39^bc	25.37^b	61.69^ab	78.96^a	56.20^ab
W2	71.01^b	6.40^a	18.96	5.06^b	70.17^a	43.27^a	26.90^a	58.84^b	73.17^b	54.72^c
W3	75.66^a	6.41^a	17.48	4.19^b	69.41^a	42.43^ab	26.99^a	59.28^b	74.89^b	55.38^bc
Mean	56.43	6.24	18.02	5.48	68.10	41.84	26.26	61.42	77.00	55.85
SEM	0.64	0.13	0.89	0.45	0.72	0.60	0.61	2.36	1.25	0.47

DM, dry matter; FM, fresh weight; WSC, water-soluble carbohydrates; CP, crude protein; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber; HEM, hemicellulose; IVDMD, in vitro dry matter digestibility; RFV, relative feed value; TDN, total digestible nutrients; SEM, standard error of mean.

¹⁾

Treatments were 0-day wilting (W0), 1-day wilting (W¹⁾, 2-day wilting (W2), 3-day wilting (W3).

^a–d

Withina column means with different superscripts differ (p<0.05).