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Table 1 Crude proteins (% CP) of selected grasses harvested at 12th-week phenological stage, cured for 1, 2, and 3 days, before indoor storage for 2, 12, 24, and 36 weeks

From: Field curing methods and storage duration affect the quality of hay from six rangeland grass species in Kenya

 

% CP

Curing period

1 day

2 days

3 days

Week 2

   

CR

7.5a ± 2.1

7.8a ± 1.4

7.5a ± 3.1

ES

7.0a ± 1.7

7.8a ± 3.2

7.7a ± 2.2

EM

7.0a ± 3.1

7.2a ± 2.1

7.1a ± 2.0

CC

7.3a ± 1.3

7.1a ± 1.3

7.1a ± 1.9

CG

7.5a ± 3.1

7.8a ± 1.4

7.4a ± 1.5

SB

7.2a ± 3.1

7.8a ± 2.7

7.3a ± 2.1

Week 12

   

CR

7.0a ± 1.1

7.1a ± 2.1

6.9a ± 2.1

ES

6.3a ± 1.7

6.5a ± 1.0

6.8a ± 3.0

EM

6.4a ± 2.1

6.8a ± 1.2

6.7a ± 1.3

CC

6.1a ± 1.0

6.6a ± 2.1

6.9a ± 2.1

CG

6.0a ± 2.1

6.5a ± 3.1

6.1a ± 1.5

SB

6.4a ± 1.3

6.3a ± 1.3

6.1a ± 2.0

Week 24

   

CR

6.4a ± 2.1

5.5b ± 1.1

6.1a ± 1.6

ES

5.8b ± 1.6

5.9b ± 1.2

5.3b ± 1.2

EM

5.8b ± 2.1

5.2b ± 1.0

5.2b ± 1.1

CC

5.3b ± 1.1

5.5b ± 1.3

5.3b ± 1.4

CG

5.6b ± 1.4

5.1b ± 1.2

5.0b ± 1.8

SB

5.3b ± 1.4

5.0b ± 2.0

5.0b ± 1.0

Week 36

   

CR

4.3c ± 0.4

4.2c ± 0.7

4.1c ± 1.0

ES

4.2c ± 1.1

4.4c ± 0.3

4.0c ± 1.1

EM

4.0c ± 0.5

4.1a ± 0.0

4.8c ± 0.7

CC

4.5c ± 1.6

3.9c ± 0.2

4.1c ± 1.3

CG

4.2c ± 0.9

4.0c ± 0.7

4.1c ± 1.2

SB

3.4d ± 1.1

3.8d ± 1.1

3.3d ± 0.09

  1. Means within the same columns with different superscript letters are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05
  2. Key: CR Chloris roxburghiana, ES Eragrostis superba, EM Enteropogon macrostachyus, CC Cenchrus ciliaris, CG Chloris gayana, SB Sorghum sudanense