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Nutritional Content Analysis of Crop Residues in Three Agroecologies in East Gojjam Zone

Table 3

Nutritional composition of different crop residues in the three agroecologies.


Crop residues	Agroecologies	DM %	ASH %	OM %	CP %	NDF %	ADF %	ADL %

Teff straw	Highland	92.00 ± 0.72^a	4.35 ± 0.49^b	87.65 ± 0.21^a	3.08 ± 0.77^b	68.22 ± 0.27^a	53.76 ± 0.42^a	9.62 ± 0.04^a
	Midland	92.33 ± 0.76^a	7.57 ± 0.76^a	84.76 ± 0.43^a	3.51 ± 0.77^b	70.02 ± 0.16^a	54.48 ± 0.42^a	8.91 ± 0.04^a
	Lowland	92.51 ± 0.56^a	5.41 ± 0.55^b	87.10 ± 0.97^a	4.25 ± 0.82^a	71.40 ± 0.59^a	56.67 ± 0.75^a	9.77 ± 0.11^a
	Average	92.33	6.31	86.02	3.69	70.18	55.10	9.31

Barley straw	Highland	92.0 ± 1.00^a	4.9 ± 1.59^a	87.1 ± 0.59^a	6.04 ± 0.14^a	74.30 ± 0.31^a	60.0 ± 0.972^a	10.0 ± 0.97^a
	Midland	93.0 ± 1.41^a	4.3 ± 1.84^b	88.7 ± 0.25^a	4.50 ± 0.20^b	76.64 ± 0.34^a	62.1 ± 0.9.72^a	11.3 ± 0.97^a
	Average	92.33	4.70	87.60	5.53	75.06	63.03	10.4

Wheat straw	Highland	92.00 ± 1.36^a	3.80 ± 0.87^b	88.20 ± 0.61^a	3.32 ± 0.42^a	73.55 ± 0.17^a	59.14 ± 0.84^a	10.01 ± 0.91^a
	Midland	93.00 ± 1.36^a	5.38 ± 0.87^a	87.62 ± 0.50^a	2.59 ± 0.34^a	75.37 ± 0.40^a	60.22 ± 0.30^a	9.91 ± 0.62^a
	Lowland	92.50 ± 1.11^a	4.86 ± 0.71^a	87.64 ± 0.50^a	3.45 ± 0.42^a	68.95 ± 0.16^b	53.76 ± 0.30^b	9.17 ± 0.76^a
	Average	92.40	4.54	87.82	3.23	72.01	57.20	9.65

Maize stover	Lowland	92.00 ± 0.23	6.52 ± 0.87	85.48 ± 0.59	2.85 ± 0.17	67.37 ± 0.31 ^a	51.61 ± 0.30	7.8 ± 0.85
Faba bean	Highland	92.00 ± 0.32	5.49 ± 0.23	85.51 ± 0.12	6.19 ± 0.39	67.22 ± 0.64 ^a	55.91 ± 0.76	9.62 ± 0.34
Vetch straw	Midland	92.33 ± 0.57	4.49 ± 0.32	87.84 ± 0.64	5.30 ± 0.69	69.30 ± 0.06	54.48 ± 0.89	9.31 ± 0.72
Vetch straw	Overall	92.33	5.19	87.05	4.10	71.12	56.56	9.58

Means within a single column with various superscript letters differ significantly () across agroecologies; DM = dry matter; OM = organic matter; CP = crude protein; NDF = neutral detergent fiber; ADF = acid detergent fiber; ADL = acid detergent lignin. The significance of the bolded values in Table 3 is provided to help readers understand the overall nutritional composition of crop residues.