Table 1 Chemical composition and microbial population of RCG silage

CK

27.74^b

6.95^b

8.29^b

67.62

40.81^a

6.0 ± 1.0

4.0 ± 0^a

PSB

28.44^a

6.96^b

9.03^ab

68.09

40.28^a

6.7 ± 0.58

3.0 ± 0^a

PLA

28.50^a

5.29^c

9.28^a

69.47

38.81^b

7.0 ± 0

No detected

LABi

28.66^a

9.08^a

9.35^a

69.72

40.52^a

7.0 ± 0

0.7 ± 1.15^c

PLA + LABi

28.77^a

7.25^b

8.76^ab

69.91

40.42^a

7.0 ± 0

No detected

SEM

0.119

0.343

0.187

0.413

0.213

0.150

0.456