. 2019 May 22;25:104055. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104055

Table 2.

Pearson's correlation between four major lipid species and soybean forage production, and forage quality grown on three agricultural farms with different soil pH level under cool climatic production system in Newfoundland, Canada.

Soybean forage quality indicators		PE	PA	PC	AGIcSiE
Lipids	Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE)		0.62^ns	−0.83**	−0.64^ns
	Phosphatidic acid (PA)	0.62^ns		−0.93***	0.83**
	Phosphatidylcholine (PC)	−0.83**	−0.93***		−0.95***
	Acyl sterol glycosides ester (AGIcSiE)	0.75*	0.83**	−0.93***
Proteins	Crude protein (CP, % DM)	0.44^ns	0.75^*	−0.69^*	0.65 ^ns
	Available proteins (% DM)	−0.16 ^ns	0.26 ^ns	0.13 ^ns	−0.18 ^ns
	Adjustable crude proteins (% DM)	0.21 ^ns	0.75**	−0.60 ^ns	0.53 ^ns
	Soluble proteins (% CP)	−0.73*	−0.23 ^ns	0.49 ^ns	−0.50 ^ns
	Degradable proteins (% CP)	−0.38 ^ns	0.13 ^ns	0.08 ^ns	−0.07 ^ns
	NDICP (% DM)	**0.74^***	0.81***	**−0.87^*****	0.82***
	ADICP (% DM)	0.18 ^ns	0.22 ^ns	−0.30 ^ns	0.44 ^ns
Minerals	Potassium (% DM)	−0.19 ^ns	−0.56 ^ns	0.50 ^ns	−0.54 ^ns
	Calcium (% DM)	−0.64 ^ns	−0.43 ^ns	0.62 ^ns	−0.68^*
	Phosphorus (% DM)	0.28 ^ns	−0.19 ^ns	−0.00 ^ns	0.08 ^ns
	Magnesium (% DM)	**−0.68^***	−0.74*	0.83**	−0.86***
	Sulfur (% DM)	0.54 ^ns	0.57 ^ns	**−0.69^***	**0.81^*****
Fiber	Acid detergent fiber (% DM)	−0.25 ^ns	−0.35 ^ns	0.38 ^ns	−0.42 ^ns
	Neutral detergent fiber (% DM)	0.16 ^ns	−0.32 ^ns	0.16 ^ns	−0.18 ^ns
	Lignin (% DM)	0.15 ^ns	0.16 ^ns	−0.27 ^ns	0.44 ^ns
	NDFD 30h (% DM)	−0.65 ^ns	−0.61 ^ns	**0.72^***	**−0.74^***
WS carbs, ash, starch, crude fat	Total digestible nutrient (% DM)	−0.20 ^ns	0.32 ^ns	−0.16 ^ns	0.16 ^ns
	Starch (% DM)	−0.55 ^ns	−0.84***	0.85***	−0.89***
	Ash (% DM)	−0.57 ^ns	−0.37 ^ns	0.49 ^ns	−0.41 ^ns
	Simple sugar (% DM)	0.29 ^ns	0.01 ^ns	−0.21 ^ns	0.37 ^ns
	Water soluble carbohydrates (% DM)	−0.19 ^ns	**−0.67^***	0.46 ^ns	−0.25 ^ns
	Crude fat (% DM)	−0.53 ^ns	−0.52 ^ns	0.50 ^ns	−0.32 ^ns
	Non-fibrous carbohydrates (% DM)	0.29 ^ns	0.19 ^ns	−0.35 ^ns	0.48 ^ns
Forage production and energy	Forage production (Mg ha⁻¹)	0.61 ^ns	0.50 ^ns	**−0.69^***	0.82**
	Net energy for maintenance (Mcal kg⁻¹ DM)	−0.17 ^ns	0.20 ^ns	−0.06 ^ns	−0.04 ^ns
	Net energy for gain (Mcal kg⁻¹ DM)	−0.15 ^ns	0.24 ^ns	−0.09 ^ns	0.04 ^ns
	Net energy for lactation (Mcal kg⁻¹ DM)	−0.15 ^ns	0.29 ^ns	−0.15 ^ns	0.15 ^ns
	Relative forage quality	−0.37 ^ns	0.11 ^ns	0.03 ^ns	0.06 ^ns

NDICP: Neutral detergent insoluble crude protein.

ADICP: Acid detergent insoluble crude protein.

NDFD: In-vitro NDF digestibility.

Ns: non-significant, * significant at alpha 0.05, ** at 0.01, and *** at 0.001.

Higher correlation values were marked as bold, whereas, bold and italic values were marked significant.