Table 2. Dry matter content, dry matter loss, and chemical composition of silages with different additives

Crop Treatment DM (g/kg) DM loss (g/kg) CP (g/kg) ADF (g/kg) NDF (g/kg) IVDMD (g/kg) TDN (%) RFV
Proso millet C 266.00 37.40 56.60b 358.90a 624.30a 580.30b 60.55c 91c
FA 266.60 36.80 58.20ab 339.00ab 620.40a 639.20a 62.12b 94b
LP 273.3 30.10 62.10a 319.30b 574.60b 627.80ab 63.68a 104a
Mean 268.63A 34.77A 58.97 339.07B 606.43A 615.77B 62.12 96B
Corn C 263.00a 14.30b 52.00 265.20 465.10b 684.60 69.28 137a
FA 257.40b 19.90a 52.20 275.90 510.80a 688.40 68.53 123b
LP 265.70a 11.60b 57.10 268.50 467.60b 716.10 69.05 135a
Mean 262.03A 15.27B 53.77 269.87C 481.17B 696.37A 68.95 132A
SSH C 175.40 17.40 46.90b 428.00 654.80 547.10 55.09 79
FA 186.70 6.10 49.80b 348.10 553.60 634.00 61.40 104
LP 180.50 12.30 67.30a 388.10 617.50 612.70 58.24 88
Mean 180.87B 11.93B 54.67 388.07A 608.63A 597.93B 58.24 90B
p-value V < 0.0001 < 0.0001 0.8473 < 0.0001 < 0.0001 < 0.0001 6.836 < 0.0001
A < 0.0001 0.0284 0.0308 0.5713 0.0108 0.0218 0.0406 < 0.0001
V × A < 0.0001 0.7282 < 0.0001 < 0.0001 0.0547 < 0.0001 < 0.0001 0.0806
Different lowercase letters in the same column indicate significant differences among additives (p < 0.05) and different uppercase letters in the same column indicate significant differences among crops (p < 0.05).
DM, dry matter'; CP, crude protein; ADF, acid detergent fiber; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; IVDMD, in vitro dry matter digestibility; TDN, total digestible nutrients; RFV, relative feed value; C, control; FA, formic acid; LP, Lactobacillus plantarum; SSH, Sorghum-sudangrass hybrid; V, variety; A, additive.