Fermentation characteristics of different purpose sorghum silage
| Autor: | Arthur Behling Neto, Ernando Balbinot, Joadil Gonçalves de Abreu, Rafael Henrique Pereira dos Reis, M. A. Mombach, Luciano da Silva Cabral, Perivaldo Carvalho, Ana Paula da Silva Carvalho, Daniel de Paula Sousa, Bruno Carneiro e Pedreira |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Sorgo sacarino
Coeficiente de fermentabilidade Silage Sorgo granífero 0402 animal and dairy science Randomized block design Sowing Forage 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Biology Sorghum bicolor Sorghum biology.organism_classification 040201 dairy & animal science lcsh:S1-972 Crop Fermentação alcoólica Agronomy 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Cultivar lcsh:Agriculture (General) General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Sweet sorghum |
| Zdroj: | Semina: Ciências Agrárias, Vol 38, Iss 4Supl1, Pp 2607-2618 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1679-0359 |
| Popis: | Sorghum stands out among other plants recommended for ensiling due to its forage composition, its resistance to drought, and its planting range. New cultivars of grain and sweet sorghum that can be used for silage production are available, but there is little information regarding their ensiling characteristics. The aim of this study was to evaluate the fermentation characteristics at the ensiling of different purpose sorghum cultivars, at two crop periods. The trial was carried out at the Plant Production Department of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rondônia, Colorado do Oeste campus, Rondônia, Brazil, and chemical analyses were performed at the Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, at the Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá campus, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The experimental design used was a randomized block, in split-plot design, with four replicates. The plot treatments consisted of six sorghum cultivars grown for different purposes (grain sorghum: BRS 308 and BRS 310; forage sorghum: BR 655 and BRS 610; sweet sorghum: BRS 506 and CMSXS 647). Split-plot treatments consisted of two cropping seasons (first crop and second crop). The grain sorghum cultivar BRS 310 was the only one that had suitable dry matter content for ensiling; however, it was also the only one that did not show ideal water soluble carbohydrate content for ensiling. Nevertheless, all treatments presented pH below than 4.2 and ammonia nitrogen lower than 12% of total N, which indicates that the fermentation inside the silo had proceeded well. For sweet sorghum cultivars, higher ethanol and butyric acid content were observed for the first crop than for the second crop. All evaluated sorghum cultivars can be used for silage production, but the use of sweet sorghum is recommended at the second crop. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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