Table 4 The in vitro ruminal-microbial parameters obtained from the incubation of some agricultural crop mesocarps in a culture medium

Watermelon

87.4^a

89.8^a

12.8^bc

78.0^ab

9.31^ab

5.52^ab

6.48^ab

5.11^b

Galia melon

86.7^a

89.0^a

12.9^abc

77.6^ab

9.38^a

5.57^a

6.49^ab

5.35^b

Rockmelon

83.0ab

84.9^ab

12.9^abc

77.5^ab

9.06^ab

5.35^ab

6.40^bc

4.02^cd

Til sabz

89.5^a

91.8^a

12.6^c

79.6^a

9.50^a

5.67^a

6.37^c

7.77^a

Til atashi

86.6^a

89.1^a

12.5^c

79.3^a

9.40^a

5.60^a

6.45^abc

4.28^c

Cucumber

77.8^b

80.7^b

13.6^ab

74.6^b

8.75^b

5.12^b

6.52^a

4.11^cd

Eggplant

76.8^b

79.6^b

13.5^a

74.4^b

8.71^b

5.08^b

6.43^abc

3.52^d

SEM

1.14

1.08

0.090

0.51

0.091

0.065

0.013

0.30

p-value

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.0005

0.0007

0.05

0.04

0.0024

< 0.0001