Table 4.
Mean pH drop rate, mean acidity increase rate, mean redox potential increase rate, and incubation time and acetic acid percent in treatments at the end of fermentation*
Parameters
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Treatment |
mpH-DR**
(pH/day) |
mA-IR
(°D/day) |
mRP-IR
(mV/day) |
Final pH |
Final acidity
(°D) |
Final RP
(mV) |
Acetic acid
(%) |
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d 0 | d 21 | ||||||||
I*** | 0.002f | 0.23d | 0.20d | 4.17a | 47.9d | 184.5b | 0.03d | 0.04d | |
(1+3)I | 0.003e | 0.44c | 0.30c | 4.14b | 52.3bc | 186.5ab | 0.03d | 0.04d | |
(2+2)I | 0.004d | 0.46c | 0.40b | 4.13b | 52.6bc | 189.1a | 0.05c | 0.06c | |
(2+6)I | 0.005c | 0.48bc | 0.42b | 4.10c | 53.4b | 189.1a | 0.05c | 0.06c | |
4I | 0.004d | 0.45c | 0.41b | 4.12bc | 52.7bc | 189.0a | 0.08b | 0.09b | |
(4+4)I | 0.006b | 0.50b | 0.43b | 4.09c | 53.9b | 189.4a | 0.08b | 0.10b | |
8I | 0.007a | 0.80a | 0.48a | 4.07cd | 60.0a | 190.4a | 0.11a | 0.12a |