Table 3.
Treatments |
Nutrient utilisation |
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Grain | SMBS, g/kg | Protease, units/kg | AME, MJ/kg DM | ME:GE ratio | N retention, % | AMEn, MJ/kg DM |
Wheat | 0 | 0 | 12.48 | 0.750 | 65.48 | 11.06 |
0 | 1,000 | 12.15 | 0.729 | 63.32 | 10.81 | |
2.75 | 0 | 12.04 | 0.722 | 62.04 | 10.71 | |
2.75 | 1,000 | 11.93 | 0.705 | 61.47 | 10.35 | |
Sorghum | 0 | 0 | 12.28 | 0.750 | 62.76 | 11.10 |
0 | 1,000 | 12.31 | 0.754 | 65.06 | 11.06 | |
2.75 | 0 | 12.48 | 0.763 | 65.95 | 11.19 | |
2.75 | 1,000 | 12.46 | 0.760 | 65.64 | 11.15 | |
SEM | 0.1431 | 0.0086 | 1.1036 | 0.1357 | ||
Main effects grain | ||||||
Wheat | 12.09 | 0.727 | 63.08 | 10.73 | ||
Sorghum | 12.38 | 0.756 | 64.85 | 11.13 | ||
SMBS, g/kg | ||||||
0 | 12.30 | 0.746 | 64.16 | 11.01 | ||
2.75 | 12.17 | 0.737 | 63.77 | 10.85 | ||
Protease, units/kg | ||||||
0 | 12.32 | 0.746 | 64.06 | 11.01 | ||
1,000 | 12.16 | 0.737 | 63.87 | 10.84 | ||
Significance (P-value) | ||||||
Grain | 0.008 | <0.001 | 0.030 | <0.001 | ||
SMBS | 0.205 | 0.189 | 0.630 | 0.112 | ||
Protease | 0.130 | 0.138 | 0.814 | 0.083 | ||
Grain × SMBS | 0.005 | 0.006 | 0.006 | 0.015 | ||
Grain × Protease | 0.104 | 0.120 | 0.141 | 0.179 | ||
SMBS × Protease | 0.901 | 0.856 | 0.745 | 0.761 | ||
Grain × SMBS × Protease | 0.889 | 0.681 | 0.188 | 0.790 | ||
Grain × SMBS interactions | ||||||
Wheat | 12.31 | 0.740 | 64.40 | 10.93 | ||
Wheat plus 2.75 g/kg SMBS | 11.88 | 0.713 | 61.75 | 10.53 | ||
Sorghum | 12.29 | 0.752 | 63.91 | 11.08 | ||
Sorghum plus 2.75 g/kg SMBS | 12.47 | 0.761 | 65.80 | 11.17 |