International Journal of Agronomy

Research Article

Evaluation of Selected Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Lines for Yield and Haulm Nutritive Quality Traits

Table 6

Chemical composition of dual purpose cultivars of groundnut haulms.


Haulm chemical composition (%)	Groundnut cultivars						SED	value
Haulm chemical composition (%)	GAF 1665	ICGV 00064	NKATIESARI	GAF 1723	ICGV-IS 08837	ICGV-IS 13998	SED	value

Crude protein							11.3	0.034
Ash	7.37	6.90	6.18	6.55	5.96	8.00	1.01	0.389
Crude fibre							2.14	0.001
NDF	58.2	53.1	54.9	55.1	60.7	54.7	2.89	0.179
ADF							2.91	0.004
DOM	54.5	54.5	52.6	60.2	62.0	57.5	6.88	0.722
ME (MJ/kg DM)	12.7	14.3	14.7	15.7	15.4	15.2	1.03	0.077

Means with different superscript along the rows are significant at . NDF = neutral detergent fibre, ADF = acid detergent fibre, DOM = digestible organic matter, and ME = metabolizable energy.