Table 4
Micro-minerals content in dry and wet forages (on DM basis)

Particular	Cu	Zn	Mn	Fe	Co	Mo	Se
Critical level*	<8 ppm	<30 ppm	<40 ppm	<50 ppm	<0.10 ppm	>6 ppm	<0.2 ppm
Wheat straw (69), Triticum aestivum	2.46 ± 0.21	18.00 ± 2.85	225 ± 58.7	509 ± 62	0.32 ± 0.06	0.56 ± 0.03	1.33 ± 0.21
Paddy straw (123), Oryza sativa	2.99 ± 0.14	39.79 ± 1.17	663 ± 28.2	851 ± 82	0.73 ± 0.06	0.21 ± 0.02	0.78 ± 0.00
Gram straw (4), Cicer arietinum	5.93 ± 0.02	17.20 ± 1.28	75 ± 12.3	1,015 ± 136	0.56 ± 0.06	0.87 ± 0.11	0.64 ± 0.07
Masoor straw (3), Lens culinaris	7.01 ± 0.33	20.49 ± 3.33	52 ± 3.1	988 ± 93	0.56 ± 0.04	0.28 ± 0.08	0.36 ± 0.05
Arhar straw (6), Cajanus cajan	7.34 ± 0.43	24.08 ± 1.06	75 ± 2.6	1,124 ± 65	0.70 ± 0.05	0.72 ± 0.05	0.54 ± 0.05
Urd straw (4), Phaseolus mungo	10.42 ± 0.09	24.97 ± 5.10	31 ± 6.0	209 ± 33	0.11 ± 0.02	0.36 ± 0.06	0.30 ± 0.08
Maize green (22), Zea mays	10.22 ± 1.26	37.91 ± 2.07	179 ± 44.1	1,217 ± 189	0.72 ± 0.11	1.96 ± 0.30	0.71 ± 0.10
Sudan grass (11), Sorghum sudanense	09.38 ± 1.00	31.36 ± 1.58	241 ± 64.7	1,018 ± 105	0.51 ± 0.07	0.29 ± 0.10	0.15 ± 0.05
Cowpea green (4), Vigna sinensis	10.42 ± 1.08	39.43 ± 2.24	135 ± 12.6	1,088 ± 105	0.55 ± 0.05	2.52 ± 0.39	1.05 ± 0.12
Azolla green (12), Azolla pinnata	11.38 ± 2.16	131.23 ± 40.55	4,068 ± 826	2,599 ± 43	17.67 ± 2.92	5.06 ± 1.25	0.52 ± 0.10
Bajri green (4), Pennisetum typhoides	19.19 ± 1.34	28.46 ± 2.78	45 ± 7.1	465 ± 197	0.25 ± 0.08	1.35 ± 0.10	0.76 ± 0.10
Para grass (4), Brachiaria mutica	13.14 ± 0.94	29.29 ± 3.20	55 ± 1.5	426 ± 39	0.26 ± 0.03	0.08 ± 0.47	0.08 ± 0.02
Local green grasses (48)	10.43 ± 0.93	42.83 ± 3.22	254 ± 35.5	1,972 ± 506	1.33 ± 0.38	0.08 ± 0.02	0.48 ± 0.05
Jowar green (4), Sorghum bicolor	09.69 ± 1.85	22.77 ± 4.39	115 ± 34.4	548 ± 99	0.35 ± 0.06	0.07 ± 0.00	0.28 ± 0.05