Effect of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Bacillus subtilis on fermentation, dynamics of bacterial community and their functional shifts of whole-plant corn silage

Table 3 Chemical compositions of the whole-plant corn silage after 60 d of ensiling

Items¹	Treatments²			SEM³	P-value
Items¹	CK	BA	BS	SEM³	P-value
DM, g/kg	27.4	28.1	28.1	0.25	0.405
WSC, g/kg DM	159^b	186^a	181^a	4.5	0.002
Starch, g/kg DM	94.3^a	62.5^b	75.5^b	0.51	0.005
CP, g/kg DM	84.0^b	82.2^c	85.3^a	0.46	< 0.001
NPN, g/kg total N	97.3^b	144.1^a	92.0^c	8.29	< 0.001
NH₃-N, g/kg total N	68.2	61.5	68.4	1.55	0.097
αNDF, g/kg DM	481^a	478^a	468^b	0.2	< 0.001
ADF, g/kg DM	252^a	248^a	235^b	0.3	< 0.001

^a-c Means within a row without a common superscript letter differ
¹DM, dry matter; WSC, water soluble carbohydrates; CP, crude protein; NPN, non-protein nitrogen; NH₃-N, ammonia nitrogen; αNDF, neutral detergent fiber assayed with a heat stable amylase and expressed inclusive of residual ash; ADF, acid detergent fiber expressed inclusive of residual ash
²CK, control, no inoculations; BA, silages inoculated with Bacillus amyloliquefaciens; BS, silages inoculated with Bacillus subtilis
³SEM, standard error of the mean

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