Table 4 Micro-minerals content in dry and wet forages (on DM basis)

Wheat straw (69), Triticum aestivum

2.46 ± 0.21

18.00 ± 2.85

225 ± 58.7

509 ± 62

0.32 ± 0.06

0.56 ± 0.03

1.33 ± 0.21

Paddy straw (123), Oryza sativa

2.99 ± 0.14

39.79 ± 1.17

663 ± 28.2

851 ± 82

0.73 ± 0.06

0.21 ± 0.02

0.78 ± 0.00

Gram straw (4), Cicer arietinum

5.93 ± 0.02

17.20 ± 1.28

75 ± 12.3

1,015 ± 136

0.56 ± 0.06

0.87 ± 0.11

0.64 ± 0.07

Masoor straw (3), Lens culinaris

7.01 ± 0.33

20.49 ± 3.33

52 ± 3.1

988 ± 93

0.56 ± 0.04

0.28 ± 0.08

0.36 ± 0.05

Arhar straw (6), Cajanus cajan

7.34 ± 0.43

24.08 ± 1.06

75 ± 2.6

1,124 ± 65

0.70 ± 0.05

0.72 ± 0.05

0.54 ± 0.05

Urd straw (4), Phaseolus mungo

10.42 ± 0.09

24.97 ± 5.10

31 ± 6.0

209 ± 33

0.11 ± 0.02

0.36 ± 0.06

0.30 ± 0.08

Maize green (22), Zea mays

10.22 ± 1.26

37.91 ± 2.07

179 ± 44.1

1,217 ± 189

0.72 ± 0.11

1.96 ± 0.30

0.71 ± 0.10

Sudan grass (11), Sorghum sudanense

09.38 ± 1.00

31.36 ± 1.58

241 ± 64.7

1,018 ± 105

0.51 ± 0.07

0.29 ± 0.10

0.15 ± 0.05

Cowpea green (4), Vigna sinensis

10.42 ± 1.08

39.43 ± 2.24

135 ± 12.6

1,088 ± 105

0.55 ± 0.05

2.52 ± 0.39

1.05 ± 0.12

Azolla green (12), Azolla pinnata

11.38 ± 2.16

131.23 ± 40.55

4,068 ± 826

2,599 ± 43

17.67 ± 2.92

5.06 ± 1.25

0.52 ± 0.10

Bajri green (4), Pennisetum typhoides

19.19 ± 1.34

28.46 ± 2.78

45 ± 7.1

465 ± 197

0.25 ± 0.08

1.35 ± 0.10

0.76 ± 0.10

Para grass (4), Brachiaria mutica

13.14 ± 0.94

29.29 ± 3.20

55 ± 1.5

426 ± 39

0.26 ± 0.03

0.08 ± 0.47

0.08 ± 0.02

Local green grasses (48)

10.43 ± 0.93

42.83 ± 3.22

254 ± 35.5

1,972 ± 506

1.33 ± 0.38

0.08 ± 0.02

0.48 ± 0.05

Jowar green (4), Sorghum bicolor

09.69 ± 1.85

22.77 ± 4.39

115 ± 34.4

548 ± 99

0.35 ± 0.06

0.07 ± 0.00

0.28 ± 0.05