Table 4.

EAAs, NEAAs, and ideal protein patterns of fresh corn in three regions.

	Inner Mongolia					Jilin				Heilongjiang
	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–4	1–5	2–1	2–2	2–3	2–4	3–1	3–2	3–3
EAAs (mg/g)	13.12 ± 0.37 ab	13.40 ± 0.40 ab	12.52 ± 0.50 bc	12.74 ± 0.04 b	12.83 ± 0.03 b	9.44 ± 0.73 f	11.50 ± 0.49 cd	10.66 ± 0.05 de	10.35 ± 0.24 ef	9.64 ± 0.21 ef	9.66 ± 0.13 ef	13.99 ± 1.22 a
EAA/TAA	0.360 ± 0.001 abc	0.356 ± 0.003 cde	0.351 ± 0.008 def	0.357 ± 0.004 cde	0.350 ± 0.002 ef	0.353 ± 0.005 cde	0.345 ± 0.001 f	0.356 ± 0.000 cde	0.359 ± 0.002 bcd	0.360 ± 0.003 abc	0.368 ± 0.001 a	0.366 ± 0.003 ab
EAA/NEAA	0.557 ± 0.003 abc	0.546 ± 0.006 cde	0.537 ± 0.018 def	0.549 ± 0.010 cde	0.534 ± 0.006 ef	0.541 ± 0.011 cde	0.521 ± 0.001 f	0.546 ± 0.000 cde	0.554 ± 0.005 bcd	0.560 ± 0.008 abc	0.576 ± 0.003 a	0.573 ± 0.006 ab

Notes: Data are the mean values of two determinations ± SD. ^a–f Means significant differences between different regions. (p < 0.05, ANOVA, Duncan).