TABLE 2.
Items |
Corn stover parts |
SEM | P | ||
SB | LB | SP | |||
DMD (%) | 38.0c | 74.8b | 82.0a | 2.51 | <0.001 |
NDFD (%) | 32.7c | 63.3b | 79.5a | 0.17 | <0.001 |
ADFD (%) | 36.0c | 50.3b | 80.2a | 0.12 | <0.001 |
NDSD (%) | 62.4c | 81.4b | 86.9a | 0.07 | <0.001 |
HD (%) | 25.7b | 77.4a | 78.6a | 0.30 | 0.002 |
CD (%) | 24.2c | 60.1b | 75.0a | 0.75 | < 0.001 |
Values in the same row with different superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0.05). SB, stem bark; LB, leaf blade; SP, stem pith; DMD, digestibility of dry matter; NDFD, digestibility of neutral detergent fiber; ADFD, digestibility of acid detergent fiber; NDSD, digestibility of neutral detergent solubles; HD, digestibility of hemicellulose; CD, digestibility of cellulose; SEM, standard error of the mean (n = 4).