Table 6.
Nutritive value of corn silage treated with inoculants and storage temperature
| Item | Treatment | Storage temperature (°C) | p-value | ||||
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| 20 | 28 | 37 | T | S | T×S | ||
| DM | CK | 33.4 | 33.5 | 32.4b | 0.0318 | 0.7671 | 0.3377 |
| LP | 32.9 | 33.3 | 34.2a | - | - | - | |
| PP | 34.2 | 34.7 | 34.3a | - | - | - | |
| CP | CK | 7.53A | 7.04bB | 6.99bB | 0.0007 | 0.0002 | 0.2021 |
| LP | 7.75A | 7.57aAB | 7.36aB | - | - | - | |
| PP | 7.52A | 7.52aA | 7.19bB | - | - | - | |
| WSC | CK | 0.98bB | 0.83bC | 1.19cA | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.0005 |
| LP | 1.31aB | 1.41aB | 1.65aA | - | - | - | |
| PP | 0.98bB | 0.78bC | 1.43bA | - | - | - | |
| EE | CK | 2.12 | 2.26 | 2.22 | 0.6179 | 0.6213 | 0.7625 |
| LP | 2.17 | 2.10 | 2.11 | - | - | - | |
| PP | 2.09 | 2.29 | 2.26 | - | - | - | |
| Nitrate | CK | 73.9b | 71.4b | 67.6c | <0.0001 | 0.2883 | 0.0002 |
| LP | 91.4aA | 80.5aB | 85.8aAB | - | - | - | |
| PP | 61.1cC | 70.4bB | 78.0bA | - | - | - | |
T, treatment effect; S, storage temperature effect; T×S, interaction effect between treatment and storage temperature; DM, dry matter; CK, control; LP, Lactobacillus plantarum KR107070; PP, Pediococcus pentosaceus 17604; CP, crude protein; WSC, water soluble carbohydrates; EE, ether extract.
CP, WSC, and CF were expressed on DM% and nitrate was shown as mg/kg (DM).
Means within columns (a,b,c,d) or rows (A,B,C,D) with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).