OBJECTIVE Effects of newly isolated Lactobacillus plantarum on the fermentation and chemical composition of fresh rice straw silage was evaluated in this study. METHODS Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from good crop silage were screened by growing them in MRS broth and a minimal medium with low carbohydrate content. Selected LAB (LAB 1821) were Gram-positive, rods, catalase negative, and were iden...

1. Introduction In many agricultural experiments, generally the data on more than one character is observed. One common example is grain yield and straw yield. The other characters on which the data is generally observed are the plant height, number of green leaves, germination count, etc. The analysis is normally done only on the grain yield and the best treatment is identified on the basis of...

The esterification of rice straw fiber with acetic anhydride, using sulphuric acid as catalyst, under mild conditions in glacial acetic acid, has been investigated. Acetylation conditions, such as dosage of chemicals and catalyst, and time and temperature of acetylation, were optimized. The preferred reaction parameters of acetylation reaction are described as follows: weight ratio of rice stra...

A novel co-digestion approach was evaluated to determine if agricultural and industrial waste residues could efficiently degrade straw without pretreatment. Untreated rice straw was co-digested with pig wastewater and anaerobic sludge from the pulp and paper mill treatment process in a pilot-scale digester (1 m) operated in dry, mesophilic conditions. The total weight ratio of dry straw to pig ...

OBJECTIVE The objectives were to assess the effects of purified lignin from wheat straw (sodium hydroxide dehydrated lignin; SHDL) on in vitro ruminal fermentation and on the growth performance of feedlot cattle. METHODS In vitro experiments were conducted by incubating a timothy-alfalfa (50:50) forage mixture (48 h) and barley grain (24 h) with 0, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 mg/mL of rumen fluid...

It has been suggested that the ecological impact of crickets as a source of dietary protein is less than conventional forms of livestock due to their comparatively efficient feed conversion and ability to consume organic side-streams. This study measured the biomass output and feed conversion ratios of house crickets (Acheta domesticus) reared on diets that varied in quality, ranging from grain...

Research was conducted in Poland 2017–2019 at Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities Siedlce. It aimed determining the effect bacteria Bacillus megaterium var. phosphaticum, amino acid L-alpha proline, mineral nitrogen fertiliser regime on iron content soil during period rapid growth spring wheat plants, as well grain straw. The following two factors were examined: (I) biological...

1. Possible association between high rates of feather pecking and increased stress were investigated in laying hens. 2. From week 19 to week 30 after hatching, 16 groups of 11 hens (white Lohman Selected Leghorn hybrids) were kept in pens with or without long-cut straw as foraging material and provided with food in the form of pellets or mash. 3. Stress was assessed by egg production, weight ga...

The agroecosystem without external energy supply can provide compensation for the needs of in liquid fuel, heat and electricity at expense plant biomass as a renewable source. Based on analysis balance agroecosystem, area under rapeseed needed biodiesel production crops bioethanol were calculated well additional quantities straw to compensate loss humus crop rotation, which sets amount that be ...

An experiment was conducted in an ongoing trial at the Agronomical Research Farm (plot no. 5) of Tirhut College Agriculture, Dholi (RPCAU, Pusa) during Kharif 2019. The laid out ‘split-plot design’ with tillage practices under main plot treatments and nutrient management as subplot treatments. results revealed that yield attributes such panicles per square metre grains panicle were significantl...