Table 4 Effect of growing region on chemical characteristics, physical characteristics and energy values of the 100 corn samples from five provinces

87.57^b

88.15^a

86.82^c

86.49^d

88.20^a

0.47

0.01

9.87^a

9.78^a

9.38^b

9.61^ab

9.82^a

0.47

0.01

3.54^b

3.38^b

4.05^a

3.71^b

3.56^b

0.05

0.01

2.28^b

2.22^b

2.46^a

2.29^b

2.25^b

0.22

0.01

10.95^bc

10.73^c

10.76^c

11.76^a

11.46^ab

0.86

0.01

1.61

1.62

1.58

1.60

1.63

0.10

0.55

70.58^c

73.20^b

72.97^b

75.32^a

71.79^bc

2.97

0.01

693.29

689.94

699.21

707.94

703.04

25.60

0.18

354.69^a

363.60^a

302.19^b

299.70^b

307.38^b

30.92

0.01

4448.16^b

4436.57^b

4435.73^b

4476.82^a

4436.69^b

18.23

0.01

4032.85^b

4035.85^b

4093.45^a

4106.23^a

3996.61^c

45.20

0.01

3906.83^b

3903.14^b

3970.06^a

3968.63^a

3868.94^c

40.61

0.01