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Table 1 Ingredients (g/kg as is), chemical composition (g/100 g as is, unless otherwise stated), and gross energy (MJ/kg as is) of the five experimental diets

From: Isoenergetic-practical and semi-purified diets for protein requirement determination in Hermetia illucens larvae: consequences on life history traits

Items

CP10

CP14

CP16

CP19

GA

Ingredients, g/kg

 Whole rice husk

100

100

100

100

 Chopped rice husk

237.5

311.4

374.2

410.2

 Starch

300

230

170

135

 Casein

62.5

96.6

130.8

164.8

 Corn

300

262

225

190

200

 Alfalfa

300

 Wheat bran

500

 Total

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

Chemical compositiona

 DM

87.69

89.40

89.74

90.22

88.30

 CP as is

9.97

13.95

16.54

19.42

13.55

 EE as is

1.27

1.07

0.98

0.92

2.22

 Ash as is

5.00

6.40

7.48

8.29

5.79

 aNDFom as is

23.77

25.77

33.81

32.05

34.91

 NSC1 as is

49.13

55.78

67.27

68.98

67.00

 GE, MJ/kg as is

15.95

16.03

16.20

16.32

16.09

  1. Legend: CP10 10% CP diet, CP14 14% CP diet, CP16 16% CP diet, CP19 19% CP diet, GA Gainesville diet. DM dry matter, CP crude protein, EE ether extract, GE gross energy, aNDFom amylase neutral detergent fiber organic matter, NSC non-structural carbohydrates.
  2. aValues are reported as mean of duplicate analyses
  3. 1Calculated as 100 - [(100 - DM) + CP + EE + Ash + aNDFom]