Table 3.

Chemical composition of four tropical forage silages during ensiling

Items		30 days		60 days		SEM	p-value
		28°C	40°C	28°C	40°C		D	T	D×T
King grass	DM	22.2a	22.8a	19.8b	20.3b	1.256	<0.001	0.433	0.046
	NDF	569b	606a	598a	589ab	3.887	0.466	0.098	0.018
	ADF	337b	350ab	363a	346b	2.233	0.039	0.621	0.010
	CP	113	118	112	113	0.949	0.124	0.212	0.399
	WSC	3.6a	3.3a	3.4a	2.5b	0.086	0.014	0.007	0.150
Paspalum	DM	25.3b	26.6a	23.9c	23.9c	6.841	<0.001	0.150	0.149
	NDF	684	698	688	695	4.339	0.967	0.274	0.671
	ADF	398	404	398	405	5.565	0.963	0.586	0.948
	CP	60.6	60.0	60.3	59.7	1.415	0.271	0.236	0.316
	WSC	3.7a	3.1b	2.8b	2.2c	0.067	<0.001	0.002	0.989
White popinac	DM	50.5a	50.9a	47.3b	48.1b	2.591	<0.001	0.639	0.234
	NDF	399	387	402	399	6.154	0.583	0.557	0.713
	ADF	234	227	227	229	3.993	0.769	0.811	0.555
	CP	268ab	264ab	275a	256b	1.935	0.991	0.019	0.083
	WSC	10.5a	10.5a	9.9ab	9.5b	0.138	0.023	0.486	0.454
Stylo	DM	29.6b	31.6a	28.7c	28.3c	3.021	<0.001	0.315	0.139
	NDF	663	616	640	619	9.471	0.603	0.113	0.507
	ADF	429	418	428	417	5.627	0.912	0.370	0.993
	CP	133	135	134	134	0.938	0.032	0.016	0.109
	WSC	3.9	4.3	4.0	3.7	0.168	0.797	0.456	0.317

SEM, standard error of the mean; D, ensiling days; T, storage temperature; DM, dry matter (% FM); NDF, neutral detergent fiber (g/kg DM); ADF, acid detergent fiber (g/kg DM); CP, crude protein (g/kg DM); WSC, water-soluble carbohydrates (g/kg DM).

^a–cMeans within columns with different superscript letters differ significantly from each other (p<0.05).