Table 7.

Gas losses (GL), effluent losses (EL) and dry matter recovery (DMR) of cactus pear silages with different levels of gliricidia addition 90 days after ensiling.

Variables	Gliricidia levels					Equation	R²	SEM
	0	25	50	75	100
GL %DM	0.80	0.55	0.46	0.47	0.96	Ŷ = 0.8 − 0.02x + 0.0002x2	93.17	0.029
EL kg/ton	23.60	15.51	8.79	2.60	3.74	Ŷ = 5.5221 − 0.055x	98.56	1.853
DMR %	96.60	97.55	98.35	98.85	97.53	Ŷ = 97.84	—	0.217

SEM = standard error of the mean; R² = coefficient of determination.