Grass Silage Quality as Affected by Crop Composition and by Additives

Growth and chemical composition of three pistachio cultivars as affected by soil salinity and boron fertilization

Rumen and blood variables in steers fed grass silage or whole-crop fodder beet silage

The objectives of this study were (i) to examine the effects on rumen and blood variables when grass silage (GS) was replaced with whole crop fodder beet silage (FBS) in the diet of beef cattle, and (ii) an abrupt change from GS to FBS. Six rumen-fistulated Friesian steers (initial bodyweight (BW) 416 kg, SD 43) were offered GS ad libitum for four weeks. The dry matter (DM) consumed daily by ea...

Potato yield and tuber quality as affected by gibberellic acid and zinc sulfate

Abstract Obtaining high potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tuber yield through increased number and weight of quality tubers is important for farmers while the quality factors are of interest for food processing industries. Potato processing industries require high quality tubers having the highest possible dry matter, starch and protein contents. A two-year field study was carried out as a factoria...

Fermentation Quality of Ensiled Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) as Affected by Additives

A lab-scale ensiling study was carried out to investigate the fermentation quality of water hyacinth (WH) supplemented with molasses, rice bran, as an absorbent, and an inoculant in the form of fermented vegetable juice and their combinations. After wilting the water hyacinths for 7 h to a dry matter (DM) content of 240 to 250 g/kg, the following treatments were applied: i) Control (C), WH only...

The effects of a microbial inoculant and formic acid as silage additives on chemical composition, ruminal degradability and nutrient digestibility of corn silage in sheep

The effects of a microbial inoculant (containing propionic and lactic acid bacteria) and formic acid onchemical composition, ruminal degradability of dry matter (DM) and nutrient digestibility of corn silage wereexamined. Whole-plant corn was ensiled for 60 days in plastic polyethylene bags, and three treatments werecompared, 1: control (no additive), 2: Propionibacterium acidipropionici plus L...