TABLE 2.

Chemical compositions of whole-crop corn silages inoculated with L. plantarum and L. buchneri stored at different temperatures for 60 d

Itemsa	Temperatures	Inoculantsb				P-valued
		CK	LP	LB	SEMc	I	T	I × T
DM, g/kg FM	20°C	271	273	264	0.494	<0.001	<0.001	0.555
	30°C	282	281	275
WSC, g/kg DM	20°C	97.3	98.0	97.4	0.427	0.002	<0.001	0.001
	30°C	119	110	109
CP, g/kg DM	20°C	89.7	91.0	91.0	0.195	0.023	<0.001	0.977
	30°C	84.9	86.1	86.3
NPN, g/kg TN	20°C	276	227	225	0.896	<0.001	<0.001	0.437
	30°C	327	285	280
NH3-N, g/kg TN	20°C	67.5	65.5	65.7	0.179	0.003	<0.001	0.28
	30°C	76.6	74.9	76.2
aNDF, g/kg DM	20°C	48.7	47.6	48.8	0.087	<0.001	0.001	<0.001
	30°C	50.2	49.3	47.8
ADF, g/kg DM	20°C	24.1	24.2	26.1	0.127	0.019	0.023	0.008
	30°C	25.3	25.7	25.3

^aDM, dry matter; FW, fresh weight; WSC, water soluble carbohydrates; CP, crude protein; TN, total nitrogen; NPN, nonprotein nitrogen; NH₃-N, ammonia N; aNDF, neutral detergent fiber assayed with a heat stable amylase and expressed inclusive of residual ash; ADF, acid detergent fiber expressed inclusive of residual ash.

^bCK, control, no inoculations; LP, silages inoculated with Lactobacillus plantarum MTD/1; LB, silages inoculated with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788.

^cSEM, standard error of the mean.

^dI, inoculants; T, storage temperatures; I × T, interaction between inoculants and storage temperatures.