Table 1 Chemical composition of maize (g/kg) 1
QPM2 | Maize | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nutrient, g /kg | QPM1 | 334Ce | 537Ta | 537Ig | 538Ta | White | Yellow |
Dry Matter | 910.7 | 911.4 | 893.0 | 909.0 | 911.2 | 911.0 | 910.8 |
Protein | 85.0 | 84.0 | 86.0 | 85.0 | 87.0 | 80.0 | 75.0 |
NDF | 114.0 | 91.0 | 102.0 | 84.0 | 89.0 | 104.0 | 94.0 |
ADF | 48.0 | 39.0 | 40.0 | 38.0 | 35.0 | 34.0 | 27.0 |
Ether Extract | 34.0 | 34.0 | 47.0 | 39.0 | 52.0 | 39.0 | 37.0 |
Ash | 17.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 |
Gross Energy, MJ/kg | 16.7 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.5 |
Amino acids | |||||||
Alanine | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
Arginine | 5.9 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
Aspartic acid | 6.7 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
Cystine | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Glutamic acid | 14.1 | 12.6 | 13.6 | 14.4 | 11.4 | 15.3 | 14.2 |
Glycine | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
Histidine | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
Isoleucine | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
Leucine | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 9.6 | 9.1 |
Lysine | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Methionine | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
Phenylalanine | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
Proline | 8.4 | 7.4 | 9.4 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 9.2 | 8.9 |
Serine | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
Threonine | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
Tyrosine | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
Valine | 4.7 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.3 |