Fermentation characteristics and nutritive value of corn silage intercropped with soybean under different crop combination ratios
Corn silage is an important feed for intensive ruminant production. Combining corn with legumes for silage is a feasible strategy to improve crude protein (CP) concentration in corn silage. This study was conducted to determine silage nutritive quality and fermentation profiles of corn grown in mixt...
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| author | Baghdadi, Ali Abd Halim, Mohd Ridzwan Othman, Radziah Mohammad Yusoff, Martini Ebrahimi, Mahdi |
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| description | Corn silage is an important feed for intensive ruminant production. Combining corn with legumes for silage is a feasible strategy to improve crude protein (CP) concentration in corn silage. This study was conducted to determine silage nutritive quality and fermentation profiles of corn grown in mixture with soybean at different crop combination ratio. In this experiment, corn-soybean combinations of 75:25, 50:50 and 25:75 in addition to monocrops of corn and soybean were evaluated. The crop combination ratio had significant effects on nutritive quality and fermentation characteristics of silage. Silage quality in terms of CP (75:25 ratio 12.23%, 50:50 ratio 12.88% and 25:75 ratio 13.65%) was improved by intercropping compared with corn sole crop (9.91% CP). Increase ratio of soybean resulted in an increase in lactic acid and pH of the mixed silage. Sole soybean gave significantly higher lactic acid (3.57%) and pH of silage (4.33) compared to all other treatments but dry matter concentration was significantly higher in corn monocrop silage (34.34%) than other treatments. The propionic acid and butyric acid content of soybean monocrop and intercrops silage were in all cases higher than sole corn silage. |
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| spelling | upm-543072018-03-13T01:20:25Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54307/ Fermentation characteristics and nutritive value of corn silage intercropped with soybean under different crop combination ratios Baghdadi, Ali Abd Halim, Mohd Ridzwan Othman, Radziah Mohammad Yusoff, Martini Ebrahimi, Mahdi Corn silage is an important feed for intensive ruminant production. Combining corn with legumes for silage is a feasible strategy to improve crude protein (CP) concentration in corn silage. This study was conducted to determine silage nutritive quality and fermentation profiles of corn grown in mixture with soybean at different crop combination ratio. In this experiment, corn-soybean combinations of 75:25, 50:50 and 25:75 in addition to monocrops of corn and soybean were evaluated. The crop combination ratio had significant effects on nutritive quality and fermentation characteristics of silage. Silage quality in terms of CP (75:25 ratio 12.23%, 50:50 ratio 12.88% and 25:75 ratio 13.65%) was improved by intercropping compared with corn sole crop (9.91% CP). Increase ratio of soybean resulted in an increase in lactic acid and pH of the mixed silage. Sole soybean gave significantly higher lactic acid (3.57%) and pH of silage (4.33) compared to all other treatments but dry matter concentration was significantly higher in corn monocrop silage (34.34%) than other treatments. The propionic acid and butyric acid content of soybean monocrop and intercrops silage were in all cases higher than sole corn silage. Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54307/1/Fermentation%20characteristics%20and%20nutritive%20value%20of%20corn%20silage%20intercropped%20.pdf Baghdadi, Ali and Abd Halim, Mohd Ridzwan and Othman, Radziah and Mohammad Yusoff, Martini and Ebrahimi, Mahdi (2016) Fermentation characteristics and nutritive value of corn silage intercropped with soybean under different crop combination ratios. The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 26 (6). pp. 1710-1717. ISSN 1018-7081 http://www.thejaps.org.pk/Volume/2016/26-06/abstract/23.php Silage fermentation; Volatile fatty acids; Nutritive quality; Proportion; Corn-soybean intercropping |
| spellingShingle | Silage fermentation; Volatile fatty acids; Nutritive quality; Proportion; Corn-soybean intercropping Baghdadi, Ali Abd Halim, Mohd Ridzwan Othman, Radziah Mohammad Yusoff, Martini Ebrahimi, Mahdi Fermentation characteristics and nutritive value of corn silage intercropped with soybean under different crop combination ratios |
| title | Fermentation characteristics and nutritive value of corn silage intercropped with soybean under different crop combination ratios |
| title_full | Fermentation characteristics and nutritive value of corn silage intercropped with soybean under different crop combination ratios |
| title_fullStr | Fermentation characteristics and nutritive value of corn silage intercropped with soybean under different crop combination ratios |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fermentation characteristics and nutritive value of corn silage intercropped with soybean under different crop combination ratios |
| title_short | Fermentation characteristics and nutritive value of corn silage intercropped with soybean under different crop combination ratios |
| title_sort | fermentation characteristics and nutritive value of corn silage intercropped with soybean under different crop combination ratios |
| topic | Silage fermentation; Volatile fatty acids; Nutritive quality; Proportion; Corn-soybean intercropping |
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