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. 2018 Jun 23;96(8):3319–3329. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky206

Table 2.

Analyzed nutrient composition of experimental diets containing three sources of hybrid rye, barley, wheat, or corn, as-fed basis

Calculated values Rye Bono Rye Daniello Rye Brasetto Barley Wheat Corn N free
DM, % 88.32 89.07 88.29 89.19 89.66 88.94 93.83
CP, % 8.35 8.60 8.37 9.82 10.50 6.70 0.27
Total starch 53.08 51.25 53.53 57.02 56.49 58.61 59.48
Indispensable AA, %
 Arg 0.40 0.43 0.41 0.46 0.51 0.32 0.01
 His 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.22 0.24 0.20 0.00
 Ile 0.29 0.31 0.30 0.37 0.37 0.25 0.02
 Leu 0.53 0.54 0.52 0.68 0.68 0.77 0.03
 Lys 0.32 0.33 0.33 0.37 0.34 0.23 0.01
 Met 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.16 0.17 0.13 0.00
 Phe 0.39 0.41 0.39 0.53 0.47 0.34 0.02
 Thr 0.27 0.28 0.27 0.33 0.31 0.25 0.01
 Trp 0.07 0.07 0.09 0.10 0.11 0.06 <0.02
 Val 0.40 0.42 0.40 0.50 0.48 0.33 0.01
 Total 2.99 3.12 3.04 3.72 0.68 2.88 0.11
Dispensable AA, %
 Ala 0.36 0.36 0.35 0.38 0.39 0.49 0.01
 Asp 0.57 0.59 0.57 0.58 0.58 0.46 0.04
 Cys 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.23 0.23 0.14 0.02
 Glu 1.87 1.96 1.84 2.38 2.76 1.21 0.03
 Gly 0.36 0.38 0.36 0.39 0.44 0.28 0.01
 Pro 0.84 0.87 0.80 1.11 0.97 0.63 0.02
 Ser 0.32 0.33 0.32 0.37 0.42 0.30 0.01
 Tyr 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.26 0.25 0.20 0.01
 Total 4.68 4.85 4.60 5.70 6.04 3.71 0.15
Total amino aicds, % 7.86 8.15 7.83 9.63 9.92 6.79 0.44