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Table 2 Fermentation quality of reed canary grass silage

From: Effect of phenyllactic acid on silage fermentation and bacterial community of reed canary grass on the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau

Treatment	pH	Lactic acid	Acetic acid	Propionic acid	Butyric acid	Ammonia-N
Treatment	pH	% DM				% total N
CK	6.60^a	8.84^a	2.06^a	2.24^ab	Not detected	7.18^a
PSB	6.58^a	5.78^b	1.40^ab	1.59^d	0.32^c	5.07^d
PLA	6.51^a	5.85^b	1.39^ab	2.46^a	1.07^a	6.25^ab
LABi	5.29^b	2.67^c	0.69^bc	2.01^bc	0.75^b	5.20^cd
PLA + LABi	5.48^b	3.35^c	Not detected	1.90^cd	1.04^a	6.10^bc
SEM	0.164	0.624	0.213	0.429	0.113	0.132

Silage treated without (CK) or with antimicrobial additive (PSB), phenyllactic acid (PLA), lactic acid inoculant (LABi) and PLA + LABi. SEM stands for mean standard error. Values with different letters in the same rows are significantly different (P < 0.05)

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