Additives

Additive Levels (%)

Equation

R²

0

8

16

24

32

NDF concentrations (%)

Millet

71.55a

69.02a

62.87a

61.28a

54.07a

Y = 72.2980 − 0.5337x^*

0.96

Maize

70.99a

66.77a

62.38a

53.04b

52.28a

Y = 71.3220 − 0.6394x^*

0.95

Sorghum

70.64a

66.39a

60.03a

57.90ab

54.44a

Y = 70.0580 − 0.5111x^*

0.97

Wheat

71.38a

70.34a

65.68a

56.99ab

57.37a

Y = 72.6260 − 0.5171x^*

0.90

CV (%)

5.15

ADF concentrations (%)

Millet

44.45a

41.47a

37.76a

29.34b

26.31a

Y = 45.5660 − 0.6064x^*

0.96

Maize

45.55a

36.49a

30.41bc

25.12b

28.95a

Y = 42.9840 − 0.6050x^*

0.92

Sorghum

46.19a

38.80a

27.99c

30.56ab

24.35a

Y = 44.4760 − 0.6811x^*

0.95

Wheat

46.24a

39.22a

36.25a

36.06a

29.88a

Y = 44.7060 − 0.4485x^*

0.91

CV (%)

9.41

Lignin concentrations (%)

Millet

4.85a

4.27a

3.85a

3.61b

2.95b

Y = 4.7980 − 0.0558x^*

0.98

Maize

4.92a

4.10a

3.65a

3.32b

2.65b

Y = 4.7920 − 0.0665x^*

0.97

Sorghum

4.92a

4.30a

3.87a

3.52b

2.84b

Y = 4.8780 − 0.0618x^*

0.98

Wheat

5.00a

4.52a

3.95a

4.05a

3.87a

Y = 5.0054 − 0.0795x + 0.0014x^2*

0.94

CV (%)

5.28

Cellulose concentrations (%)

Millet

39.60a

37.19a

33.91a

25.73a

23.36a

Y = 40.7460 − 0.5493x^*

0.94

Maize

40.63a

32.39a

26.76b

26.29a

21.80a

Y = 38.3260 − 0.5470x^*

0.91

Sorghum

41.26a

34.50a

27.04b

24.11a

21.50a

Y = 39.6640 − 0.6239x^*

0.94

Wheat

41.24a

34.75a

32.30a

29.01a

26.01a

Y = 39.9020 − 0.4525x^*

0.96

CV (%)

10.63

Hemicellulose concentrations (%)

Millet

27.10a

27.54a

25.11a

27.94a

27.75a

ns

Maize

25.43a

26.27a

27.96a

27.91ab

26.33a

ns

Sorghum

24.45a

27.59a

26.04a

27.33ab

26.09a

ns

Wheat

25.14a

27.05a

29.43a

28.93b

27.48a

ns

CV (%)

16.40