Potential of four corn varieties at different harvest stages for silage production in Malaysia

Nazli, Muhamad Hazim; Halim, R. A.; Abdullah, Azizol; Hussin, Ghazali; Samsudin, Anjas Asmara

doi:10.5713/ajas.18.0175

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“…NDF has been characterized as the most important factor affecting the total diet organic matter digestibility (Britos et al, 2018). The lower ADF indicated the higher digestibility (Nazli et al, 2019). In our study, NDF and ADF content under different treatments decreased significantly with the increasing fermentation days (P < 0.05), which could be explained by the produced organic acids hydrolyzing the more digestible cell wall fraction during ensiling (Larsen et al, 2017).…”

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Effect of maize straw additives on the nutritional quality and bacterial communities of ensiled forage rape for animal feed

Yin

Cheng

Zhang

2021

Chil. j. agric. res.

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Effect of maize straw additives on the nutritional quality and bacterial communities of ensiled forage rape for animal feed

Yin

Cheng

Zhang

2021

Chil. j. agric. res.

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“…Animal feed plays a pivotal role in ensuring the healthy growth of domesticated livestock in husbandry, which takes almost 70% of the animal rearing cost. The increasing cost of animal feed importation in Malaysia has caused farmers to downsize their local livestock farming, leading to insufficient local beef production 1 . Self-sufficiency of beef in Malaysia is only 23.7% in 2020 2 .…”

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Bacterial communities associated with silage of different forage crops in Malaysian climate analysed using 16S amplicon metagenomics

Hisham

Hashim

Hanafi

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Silage produced in tropical countries is prone to spoilage because of high humidity and temperature. Therefore, determining indigenous bacteria as potential inoculants is important to improve silage quality. This study aimed to determine bacterial community and functional changes associated with ensiling using amplicon metagenomics and to predict potential bacterial additives associated with silage quality in the Malaysian climate. Silages of two forage crops (sweet corn and Napier) were prepared, and their fermentation properties and functional bacterial communities were analysed. After ensiling, both silages were predominated by lactic acid bacteria (LAB), and they exhibited good silage quality with significant increment in lactic acid, reductions in pH and water-soluble carbohydrates, low level of acetic acid and the absence of propionic and butyric acid. LAB consortia consisting of homolactic and heterolactic species were proposed to be the potential bacterial additives for sweet corn and Napier silage fermentation. Tax4fun functional prediction revealed metabolic pathways related to fermentation activities (bacterial division, carbohydrate transport and catabolism, and secondary metabolite production) were enriched in ensiled crops (p < 0.05). These results might suggest active transport and metabolism of plant carbohydrates into a usable form to sustain bacterial reproduction during silage fermentation, yielding metabolic products such as lactic acid. This research has provided a comprehensive understanding of bacterial communities before and after ensiling, which can be useful for desirable silage fermentation in Malaysia.

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“…The lowest ear percentage was at the first harvest when the grain was not yet developed. The higher ear share provides better nutritional value of maize forage because the grain contains a higher amount of crude protein and soluble carbohydrates and lower fibre content compared to stem and leaves (Nazli et al, 2019). The delay harvest time provides an opportunity to accumulate higher amounts of dry matter, and decreases NDF and ADF due to dilution effect of the increasing amounts of starch (Cone et al, 2008).…”

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Harvest Time Effect on Quantitativeandqualitative Parameters of Forage Maize

Mandić¹,

Bijelić²,

Krnjaja³

et al. 2020

THE JAPS

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Maize silage is source of palatable and high-energy forage for ruminants. Therefore, production of high quality forage maize represents an essential strategy for stable production of milk and meat on livestock farms. This study examined the effect of harvest date (early dent, at half milk line, at three quarters milk line and black layer) on the quantitative and qualitative parameters of whole maize plant under contrasting climatic conditions in the Srem -Serbia. A 2 × 4 factorial (two years and the four cutting times) randomized blocks design was used, with three replications. The plant height, stem diameter, number of leaves per plant, forage yield, dry matter yield and dry matter content were higher in 2014 probably due to favorable weather conditions. With the delay of the harvest the forage yield, crude protein content, acid detergent fiber (ADF) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) decreased, and dry matter yield, dry matter content and ear percentage increased. Sufficiently high dry matter content and ear percentage were achieved at the third harvest. However, the delay of harvested time reduces the quality parameters of the biomass, but this loss in the entire plant is moderated by grain filling.

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Potential of four corn varieties at different harvest stages for silage production in Malaysia

Abstract: In conclusion, only the grain varieties tested had the potential for silage making according to their optimum harvest stage but Suwan is highly recommended for commercialization as it was the most profitable.

Cited by 28 publications

References 16 publications

Effect of maize straw additives on the nutritional quality and bacterial communities of ensiled forage rape for animal feed

Effect of maize straw additives on the nutritional quality and bacterial communities of ensiled forage rape for animal feed

Bacterial communities associated with silage of different forage crops in Malaysian climate analysed using 16S amplicon metagenomics

Harvest Time Effect on Quantitativeandqualitative Parameters of Forage Maize

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