Table 6. Effects of persimmon peel or damaged whole persimmons and rice straw silages on in vitro rumen fermentation in comparison to various other types of silage

	Treatment¹⁾											SEM	p-value
	PP3R7	PP5R5	PP7R3	PP8R2	WP3R7	WP5R5	WP7R3	MS	RS	WCRS	SSGS	SEM	p-value
Dry matter digestibility (%)
6 h	17.40^a	21.20^bc	27.02^e	34.93^f	17.21^a	21.64^c	27.10^e	24.86^de	19.26^ab	20.16^bc	24.09^d	0.728	< 0.001
24 h	27.76^ab	29.37^b	33.61^cd	39.95^e	25.96^a	30.84^bc	35.95^d	47.75^g	30.68^bc	43.10^f	43.09^f	1.022	< 0.001
pH
6 h	6.95	6.94	6.91	6.89	6.95	6.93	6.92	6.90	6.96	6.97	6.83	0.029	0.104
24 h	6.94^d	6.93^bcd	6.91^abc	6.88^a	6.99^e	6.94^d	6.94^cd	6.90^ab	6.94^d	6.92^bcd	6.95^d	0.009	< 0.001
Total gas production (mL)
6 h	17.33^cde	18.33^cde	19.58^de	19.92^e	14.83^abc	17.00^bcde	17.75^cde	15.17^abcde	13.83^abc	11.00^a	12.50^ab	1.436	0.003
24 h	37.83^a	40.67^ab	45.00^abcd	52.75^de	40.58^ab	45.00^abcd	50.53^cd	65.33^f	43.83^abc	59.00^ef	47.00^bcd	2.627	< 0.001
Ammonia-N (mg/100 mL)
6 h	1.55^bc	1.50^bc	1.09^ab	0.69^a	1.72^c	1.64^bc	1.28^bc	3.21^e	1.34^bc	3.10^e	2.35^d	0.177	< 0.001
24 h	0.32^a	0.24^a	0.19^a	0.20^a	0.54^a	0.32^a	0.30^a	1.26^a	0.20^a	3.48^b	3.77^b	0.427	< 0.001

PP3R7, PP5R5, PP7R3, PP8R2, persimmon peel mixed with rice straw at ratios of 3:7, 5: 5, 7:3, and 8:2, respectively; WP3R7, WP5R5, WP7R3, damaged whole persimmons mixed with rice straw at ratios of 3:7, 5: 5, and 7:3, respectively.
Mean values with different superscripts within a row differ significantly (p < 0.05).
PP, persimmon peel; WP, damaged whole persimmon; MS, maize silage, RS, rice straw silage, WCRS, whole-crop rye silage, SSGS, sorghum-sudangrass silage.