Table 2.
Undigestible NDF and in-vitro DM digestibility of pearl millet genotypes planted at different dates (Trial 1).
| PM Genotype 1 | p-Value 2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Planting | CON | BMR | SEM | Gen | Planting | Gen × Planting |
| uNDF240, % DM | Early | 18.6 | 16.0 | 0.64 | 0.01 | 0.99 | 0.16 |
| Late | 17.8 | 16.9 | |||||
| uNDF240, % NDF 3 | Early | 32.6 | 27.8 | 1.0 | <0.01 | 0.98 | 0.24 |
| Late | 31.5 | 29.0 | |||||
| pdNDF, % NDF 4 | Early | 67.4 | 72.2 | 1.0 | <0.01 | 0.98 | 0.24 |
| Late | 68.6 | 71.0 | |||||
| IVDMD, % DM 5 | Early | 71.9 | 72.5 | 0.65 | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.90 |
| Late | 72.4 | 72.8 | |||||
| IVTDMD, %DM 6 | Early | 79.5 | 79.9 | 0.61 | 0.54 | 0.39 | 0.90 |
| Late | 80.1 | 80.4 | |||||
1 CON = Conventional pearl millet; BMR = BMR-trait pearl millet. 2 Gen = effect of genotype; Planting = effect of planting date (early or late, 14 d apart) of pearl millet genotypes. 3 uNDF240 = undegraded neutral detergent fiber (after 240 h of fermentation). 4 pdNDF = potentially digestible neutral detergent fiber. 5 IVDMD = In vitro 30 h dry matter digestibility. 6 IVTDMD = In vitro 30 h true dry matter digestibility.