Evaluation of Priority Fodder Trees for Leaf Yield and Nutritional Value at Arba Minch, Ethiopia

Table 4

Concentration of macro- (g/kg DM) and microminerals (mg/kg DM) in fodder tree leaves.

Feed type	Ca	Mg	S	P	Fe	Cu	Mn	Zn
Forage hay	5.71^a	6.37^b	4.43^ab	1.78^a	215^b	42^ab	19^a	28^ab
D. giganteus	5.8^a	5.89^a	1.97^a	2.5^ab	240^ab	28^a	27^ab	11^a
B. aegyptiaca	13.4^b	6.6^b	3.18^b	2.0^b	198^a	37^b	34^d	13^b
T. brownii	16.1^ab	6.3^b	1.99^a	2.5^ab	198^a	36^b	22^b	18^b

a, b, and c column means with different superscripts are significantly different ().