. 2020 Apr 30;8:314. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00314

TABLE 1.

Chemical composition of the stem bark, leaf blade, and stem pith of corn stover.

Items	Corn stover parts			SEM	P
	SB	LB	SP
NDS (%)	31.6^c	42.8^b	45.4^a	0.73	<0.001
NDF (%)	68.4^a	57.2^b	54.6^c	0.73	<0.001
ADF (%)	46.6^a	29.8^c	31.4^b	0.48	<0.001
Cellulose (%)	40.9^a	26.5^c	28.0^b	0.42	<0.001
Hemicellulose (%)	21.8^b	27.4^a	23.3^b	0.90	0.002
Lignin (%)	4.8^a	2.4^b	2.6^b	0.62	0.013

Values in the same row with different superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0.05). SB, stem bark; LB, leaf blade; SP, stem pith; NDS, neutral detergent soluble solute; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber; SEM, standard error of the mean (n = 4).