Table 3.

Chemical composition of sudangrass silages after 60 days of ensiling

Items	Treatments1)								SEM	p-value
	Fresh				Wilted
	CK	M	LP	M+LP	CK	M	LP	M+LP		Wilted	Additives	Wilted ×additives
Dry matter (g/kg FW)	193cd	196c	194d	191d	289a	286a	283ab	281b	9.83	<0.001	0.753	0.638
Dry matter recovery (%)	94.7c	94.6c	94.3c	93.5c	99.3a	98.1ab	98.0ab	97.1b	0.45	<0.001	0.233	0.090
Crude protein (g/kg DM)	111	109	108	114	108	107	113	113	0.92	0.817	0.189	0.365
Neutral detergent fibre (g/kg DM)	638c	647ab	640bc	635c	637c	643abc	648a	637c	1.17	0.544	0.002	0.087
Acid detergent fibre (g/kg DM)	356cde	353de	355cde	347e	375a	367ab	365bc	362bcd	2.02	<0.001	0.023	0.549
Ether extract (g/kg DM)	25.1cd	29.4a	26.0cd	24.8d	29.3a	25.4cd	27.4b	26.2bc	0.38	0.022	0.001	<0.001
Ash (g/kg DM)	65.6c	65.6c	65.1c	59.5d	70.9a	69.1b	71.4a	71.4a	0.82	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
NFC (g/kg DM)	226a	214bc	226a	226a	227a	225a	212c	224ab	1.49	0.596	0.106	0.013

SEM, standard error of the mean; FW, fresh weight; DM, dry matter; NFC, non-fibrous carbohydrate.

¹⁾CK, control; M, molasses; LP, L. plantarum, M+LP, molasses+L. plantarum.

^a–eMeans within the same row with different superscripts differ significantly from each other (p<0.05).