. 2020 May 12;11:855. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00855

TABLE 3.

Chemical composition of silages ensiled for 90 days¹.

	WSC	CP	NH₃-N	NDF	ADF
Site²	(g/kg DM)	(g/kg DM)	(g/kg TN)	(g/kg DM)	(g/kg DM)
TZ	8.23^a	78.34^c	114.7^a	607.0^a	363.2^a
GL	4.26^bc	106.7^b	98.1^a	629.9^a	374.5^a
DX	4.43^b	113.4^b	55.1^b	609.6^a	352.8^a
NQ	3.14^c	146.5^a	49.6^b	561.7^b	318.5^b
SEM³	0.396	4.79	7.62	6.16	5.36
P-value
Linear	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.001	<0.001
Quadratic	0.003	0.591	0.161	<0.001	0.009

^a−cMeans within a column without a common superscript letter differ. ¹DM, dry matter; WSC, water-soluble carbohydrate; CP, crude protein; NH₃-N, ammonia nitrogen; TN, total nitrogen; NDF, neutral detergent fiber (NDF assayed with a heat stable amylase and expressed inclusive of residual ash); ADF, acid detergent fiber. ²TZ, samples from grassland of Tianzhu County; GL, samples from grassland of Golog Prefecture; DX, samples from grassland of Damxung County; NQ, samples from grassland of Nagqu Prefecture. ³SEM, error of the means.