Table 2.
Pearson correlations (r) (alongside their significance levels at *, **, ***) between crude proteins (CP) and overall fibre content neutral detergent fibre (NDF), acid detergent fibre (ADF), acid lignin fibre (ADL), cellulose (CEL), hemicellulose (HCL), total phenol (TP) total tannins (TT), condensed tannins (CT), in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD), in vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMD) (g/kg) of studied ethnobotanical fodder/forage grasses (n = 53).
| Items | CP | NDF | ADF | ADL | CE | HC | TP | TT | CT | IVDMD | IVOMD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CP | − 0.856*** | − 0.786*** | − 0.819*** | − 0.735*** | 0.009 | − 0.477*** | − 0.495*** | − 0.607*** | 0.832*** | 0.827*** | |
| NDF | 0.893*** | 0.859*** | 0.855*** | 0.045 | 0.442** | 0.458** | 0.488*** | − 0.914*** | − 0.914*** | ||
| ADF | 0.849*** | 0.989*** | − 0.409** | 0.419** | 0.418** | 0.489*** | − 0.844*** | − 0.844*** | |||
| ADL | 0.761*** | − 0.144 | 0.361** | 0.368** | 0.405** | − 0.818*** | − 0.820*** | ||||
| CE | − 0.461** | 0.413** | 0.410** | 0.486*** | − 0.806*** | − 0.805*** | |||||
| HC | − 0.035 | − 0.001 | − 0.096 | 0.020 | 0.021 | ||||||
| TP | 0.987*** | 0.845*** | − 0.422** | − 0.424** | |||||||
| TT | 0.857*** | − 0.442** | − 0.447** | ||||||||
| CT | − 0.528*** | − 0.526*** | |||||||||
| IVDMD | 0.999*** |
Here *, ** and *** represent significance at P < 0.05, P < 0.01 and P < 0.001 respectively.