. 2022 Jun 23;6(2):txac075. doi: 10.1093/tas/txac075

Table 3.

Dry matter, chemical composition of Napier grass silage after 90 days of ensiling

Fertilization	Additives	N	DM	CP	NPN	Fat	Ash	NDF	ADF	ADL
Fertilization	Additives	N	(g kg⁻¹)	(g kg⁻¹ DM)
No slurry	No-additive	3	286.5^b	78.5	9.8	17.3^ab	81.0	759.2	500.1	73.9
	Molasses	3	342.9^ab	100.6	9.3	16.1^ab	106.7	583.0	368.8	65.0
	Maize meal	3	346.3^ab	92.0	7.9	16.8^ab	65.5	581.2	372.5	65.4
	Brown sugar	3	304.4^b	89.8	8.2	20.1^ab	66.3	678.5	418.0	66.9
Slurry	No-additive	3	275.6^b	86.7	8.1	22.0^ab	70.0	754.5	500.0	66.2
	Molasses	3	397.4^a	107.0	8.9	12.9^b	105.1	621.2	330.4	45.6
	Maize meal	3	316.1^b	90.4	9.0	24.0^a	64.4	607.6	389.5	52.6
	Brown sugar	3	336.9^ab	94.2	6.0	17.3^ab	58.2	648.1	398.0	58.2
SEM			14.89	7.89	1.05	1.93	5.08	31.82	27.30	31.91
Fertilization
No slurry		12	320.0	90.2	8.8	17.6	80.0	650.5	414.8	67.8
Slurry		12	331.5	94.6	8.0	19.0	74.4	657.8	404.5	55.6
SEM			7.45	3.95	0.52	0.96	2.54	15.91	13.65	15.96
Additive
	No-additive	6	281.0^c	82.6	8.9	19.7^ab	75.5^b	756.9^a	500.1^a	70.0
	Molasses	6	370.1^a	103.6	9.1	14.5^b	105.9^a	602.1^b	350.0^b	55.3
	Maize meal	6	331.2^ab	91.2	8.4	20.4^a	65.0^b	594.4^b	381.0^b	59.0
	Brown sugar	6	320.7^bc	92.0	7.1	18.7^ab	62.3^b	663.3^b	408.0^b	62.6
SEM			10.53	5.58	0.74	1.36	3.59	22.50	19.30	22.57
Significance
	Fertilization (F)		ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
	Additives (A)		^**	ns	ns	^*	^**	^**	^**	ns
	F x A		^*	ns	ns	^*	ns	ns	ns	ns

DM, dry matter; CP, crude protein; NPN, non-protein nitrogen, NDF, neutral detergent fiber, ADF, acid detergent fiber; ADL, acid detergent lignin; N, number of observations; g kg⁻¹, grams per kilogram; g kg⁻¹ DM, grams per kilogram dry matter; SEM, standard error mean.

Column means with different superscripts differ significantly at P <0.05.

**P < 0.01; *P < 0.05; ns, not significant: P > 0.05.