. 2019 Oct 8;7:e7712. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7712

Table 4. Fermentation characteristic and chemical composition in alfalfa silage.

Items	LA	AA	LA/AA	BA	DM	CP	NH₃-N	NDF	ADF	WSC
S1 group
CK	2.8 ± 0.13^d	5.3 ± 0.047^a	0.52 ± 0.028^d	2.6 ± 0.11^a	20 ± 0.094^e	18 ± 0.05^f	1.8 ± 0.014^a	38 ± 0.089^a	30 ± 0.095^a	0.58 ± 0.012^e
CE	9.8 ± 0.24^a	5.3 ± 0.057^a	1.8 ± 0.026^b	1.2 ± 0.011^b	20 ± 0.078^d	21 ± 0.15^e	0.95 ± 0.026^b	32 ± 0.023^d	25 ± 0.035^d	0.64 ± 0.0088^d
LF	6.3 ± 0.36^b	4.7 ± 0.048^b	1.3 ± 0.065^c	0.84 ± 0.06^d	21 ± 0.084^d	21 ± 0.066^d	0.88 ± 0.018^c	34 ± 0.068^b	27 ± 0.071^b	0.52 ± 0.015^f
LF+CE	11 ± 0.31^a	4.2 ± 0.039^c	2.5 ± 0.067^a	1 ± 0.068^c	23 ± 0.27^c	25 ± 0.05^a	0.57 ± 0.026^d^e	28 ± 0.038^g	22 ± 0.076^f	0.98 ± 0.015^b
S2 group
CK	1.8 ± 0.2^e	2.9 ± 0.023^f	0.62 ± 0.074^d	0.57 ± 0.018^e	27 ± 0.14^b	22 ± 0.043^c	0.53 ± 0.012^e	33 ± 0.084^c	26 ± 0.032^c	1.2 ± 0.018^a
CE	5.9 ± 0.38^b	3.6 ± 0.031^d	1.6 ± 0.099^b	0.54 ± 0.012^e	27 ± 0.24^b	24 ± 0.044^b	0.59 ± 0.019^d	29 ± 0.19^e	23 ± 0.09^e	1.2 ± 0.015^a
LF	4 ± 0.2^c	3.2 ± 0.058^e	1.2 ± 0.074^c	0.58 ± 0.028^e	27 ± 0.34^b	22 ± 0.077^c	0.47 ± 0.0063^f	34 ± 0.27^b^c	26 ± 0.26^c	0.79 ± 0.0088^c
LF+CE	6.7 ± 0.21^b	2.9 ± 0.011^f	2.4 ± 0.083^a	1 ± 0.0028^c	30 ± 0.09^a	25 ± 0.061^a	0.38 ± 0.01^g	29 ± 0.16^f	23 ± 0.055^e	1.2 ± 0.0088^a
SEM	0.38	0.06	0.097	0.073	0.27	0.11	0.025	0.2	0.16	0.018
Main effects¹
WC	<0.001	<0.001	0.103	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
A	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
WC ×A	<0.001	<0.001	0.193	<0.001	0.002	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

Notes.