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Table 2.

Effects of microbial inoculant without or with molasses on the silage quality parameters of garlic stalk after 7, 14, and 28 d of ensiling

Items	Treatment¹⁾			SE	p-value

	Control	LAB	LAB+M
Ensiled for 7 d
pH	7.7^a	7.5^a	5.8^b	0.31	0.001
WSC (% of DM)	1.5^c	2.0^b	2.4^a	0.23	0.002
Lactic acid (% of DM)	0.40	0.42	0.44	0.02	0.298
NH₃-N (ppm)	311	349	284	27.9	0.116
Lactic acid bacteria, log₁₀ cfu/g²⁾	8.4	8.8	8.8	0.20	0.107
Ensiled for 14 d
pH	7.7^a	7.7^a	5.4^b	0.30	<0.001
WSC (% of DM)	1.9^ab	1.7^b	2.3^a	0.21	0.009
Lactic acid (% of DM)	0.42^b	0.42^b	0.64^a	0.07	0.027
NH₃-N (ppm)	424^ab	502^a	362^b	30.9	0.006
Lactic acid bacteria, log₁₀ cfu/g	8.2^b	8.4^b	8.9^a	0.11	0.001
Ensiled for 28 d
pH	6.8^a	6.3^ab	5.3^b	0.31	0.042
WSC (% of DM)	1.4	1.4	1.7	0.10	0.050
Lactic acid (% of DM)	0.49	0.54	0.66	0.06	0.070
NH₃-N (ppm)	631	553	475	56.9	0.071
Lactic acid bacteria, log₁₀ cfu/g	8.2	8.4	8.5	0.24	0.230

Means of five observations.

SE, standard error; DM, dry matter; WSC, water-soluble carbohydrates.

¹⁾

Control, no inoculant; LAB, 0.5% (v/w) Lactobacillus plantarum KU5; LAB+M, 0.5% (v/w) Lactobacillus plantarum KU5+5% molasses.

²⁾

Colony-forming units per gram of fresh biomass or silage mass.

^a–c

Means with different superscripts within the same row differ.