Table 2
Macro-minerals content in dry and wet forages (on DM basis)

Particular	Ca	P	Mg	S	K	Na
Critical level*	<0.30%	<0.25%	<0.20	<0.20%	<0.9%	<0.06%
Wheat straw (69), Triticum aestivum	0.29 ± 0.02	0.06 ± 0.00	0.12 ± 0.01	0.12 ± 0.01	1.43 ± 0.08	0.04 ± 0.01
Paddy straw (123), Oryza sativa	0.36 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.00	0.17 ± 0.00	0.11 ± 0.00	1.71 ± 0.04	0.12 ± 0.01
Gram straw (4), Cicer arietinum	1.04 ± 0.02	0.11 ± 0.01	0.26 ± 0.01	0.21 ± 0.01	2.05 ± 0.09	0.07 ± 0.01
Masoor straw (3), Lens culinaris	1.17 ± 0.03	0.11 ± 0.01	0.23 ± 0.02	0.15 ± 0.02	2.01 ± 0.04	0.04 ± 0.01
Arhar straw (6), Cajanus cajan	1.12 ± 0.03	0.13 ± 0.00	0.27 ± 0.01	0.17 ± 0.00	1.45 ± 0.1	0.03 ± 0.01
Urd straw (4), Phaseolus mungo	0.94 ± 0.02	0.12 ± 0.31	1.69 ± 0.46	2.08 ± 0.68	3.70 ± 0.81	2.51 ± 0.88
Maize green (22), Zea mays	0.58 ± 0.05	0.33 ± 0.03	0.35 ± 0.02	0.26 ± 0.02	3.33 ± 0.31	0.03 ± 0.01
Sudan grass (11), Sorghum sudanense	0.58 ± 0.05	0.25 ± 0.01	0.32 ± 0.02	0.19 ± 0.00	2.28 ± 0.06	0.06 ± 0.00
Cowpea green (4), Vigna sinensis	2.01 ± 0.2	0.33 ± 0.03	0.46 ± 0.04	0.34 ± 0.01	2.27 ± 0.16	0.03 ± 0.01
Azolla green (12), Azolla pinnata	1.50 ± 0.08	0.84 ± 0.23	0.41 ± 0.07	0.40 ± 0.04	2.84 ± 0.46	0.70 ± 0.13
Bajri green (4), Pennisetum typhoides	0.59 ± 0.06	0.45 ± 0.04	0.30 ± 0.01	0.21 ± 0.02	2.59 ± 0.42	0.01 ± 0.01
Para grass (4), Brachiaria mutica	0.63 ± 0.07	0.34 ± 0.02	0.19 ± 0.02	0.22 ± 0.01	5.05 ± 0.76	0.01 ± 0.02
Local green grasses (48)	0.88 ± 0.07	0.33 ± 0.02	0.41 ± 0.03	0.38 ± 0.02	3.16 ± 0.15	0.12 ± 0.02