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Table 2.

In vitro DM digestibility (%) and total sugar release (mg/100 g DM) from maize stover supplemented with various combinations of cellulase and xylanase

Enzyme combination (IU/g DM)		In vitro DM digestibility (%)	In vitro sugar release (mg/g DM)
Cellulase	Xylanase	In vitro DM digestibility (%)	In vitro sugar release (mg/g DM)
0	0	18.88ⁱ	3.08 ^t
0	12,800	22.29^hi	14.58^pq
0	25,600	22.85^ghi	15.70^op
0	32,000	25.06^ghi	17.82^mno
0	38,400	25.07^ghi	18.20^lmno
0	44,800	24.18^ghi	19.05^lmn
6,400	0	20.61^hi	9.16^s
6,400	12,800	25.98^gh	16^nop
6,400	25,600	29.03^fg	25.59^fgh
6,400	32,000	32.38^ef	26.68^ef
6,400	38,400	33.08^def	26.4^ef
6,400	44,800	32.29^ef	23.10^ghij
12,800	0	21.31^hi	10.23^rs
12,800	12,800	49.98^a	20.84^jkl
12,800	25,600	38.63^cde	21.05^jkl
12,800	32,000	32.74^def	22.23^ijk
12,800	38,400	39.03^cde	22.59^ijk
12,800	44,800	37.09^def	19.95^klm
25,600	0	24.35^ghi	12.74^qr
25,600	12,800	45.89^bc	24.73^fghi
25,600	25,600	48.55^ab	25.92^efg
25,600	32,000	32.03^ef	27.19^ef
25,600	38,400	32.77^def	31.9^c
25,600	44,800	33.23^def	22.88^hijk
32,000	0	20.47^hi	14.38^pq
32,000	12,800	41.9^cd	28.57^de
32,000	25,600	46.00^ab	30.40^cd
32,000	32,000	21.25^hi	36.14^b
32,000	38,400	22.59^ghi	41.56 ^a
32,000	44,800	11.57 ^j	36.81 ^b
SEM		1.057	0.805
p value		0.001	0.001
Main factors
Cellulase
0		22.82^d	14.74^e
6,400		29.14^e	21.21^c
12,800		36.46^a	19.48^d
25,600		35.07^ab	24.23^b
32,000		29.60^bc	31.31^a
p value		0.001	0.001
Xylanase
0		20.72^c	9.92^f
12,800		35.56^a	21.08^e
25,600		35.30^b	23.73^d
32,000		30.11^b	26.01^b
38,400		32.47^ab	28.06^a
44,800		29.54^b	24.36^c
p value		0.001	0.0010

^a–t

Means with different superscripts in a column differ significantly: p<0.01.

Each value is average of triplicate; SEM = Standard error of means.