Table 1 Corn stover composition for early and late harvest stover fractions.

Early

Leaves

27.5^b ± 3.2

17.8^e ± 1.7

13.2^bc ± 0.7

7.3^a ± 0.13

34.2

Stem

35.1^a ± 2.6

19.0^de ± 1.1

14.9^bc ± 0.2

3.4^c ± 0.10

27.6

Late

Leaves

35.3^a ± 1.2

21.8^cd ± 0.6

13.6^bc ± 1.7

6.0^b ± 0.25

23.3

Stem

37.8^a ± 0.9

23.6^bc ± 0.4

16.9^b ± 0.5

2.4^d ± 0.08

19.3

Husk

39.0^a ± 2.2

26.5^b ± 1.5

11.6^c ± 0.3

2.1^e ± 0.11

20.8

Cob

27.5^b ± 1.1

32.3^a ± 1.3

25.8^a ± 2.6

1.1^f ± 0.02

13.3