Silage of Intercropping Corn, Palisade Grass, and Pigeon Pea Increases Protein Content and Reduces In Vitro Methane Production

Ligoski, Beatriz; Gonçalves, Lucas Ferreira; Claudio, Flavio Lopes; Alves, Estênio Moreira; Krüger, Ana Maria; Bizzuti, Beatriz Elisa; Lima, Paulo de Mello Tavares; Abdalla, Adibe Luiz; Paim, Tiago do Prado

doi:10.3390/agronomy10111784

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“…The decrease in NDF and ADF levels indicates an increased nutritional value through the ensiling process. Consistent with previous studies (Ligoski et al, 2020), as mentioned above, although the NDF and ADF were positively correlated, a negative correlation existed between the CP and NDF contents in the MFA group, with lower NDF and ADF contents being found in the MFA and HECBEP groups. These results could be explained by the presence and degradation of cellulose enzyme (Wang et al, 2023).…”

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Effect of different bacterial agents on fermentation quality and microbial community of pigeon pea silage

Pan

2023

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Despite pigeon pea being an important feed resource globally, very few reports have studied the application of bacterial agents in pigeon pea silage, thereby limiting the development and utilization of pigeon pea silage in animal husbandry. This study aimed to investigate how three bacterial agents affected the chemical composition, fermentation quality, and microbial community of the pigeon pea silage. Chopped pigeon pea was subject to the following treatments: Control [no additive], MFA [Bacillus, Lactobacillus, yeast; 5 g·kg-1 fresh weight (FW)], HECBEP [Bacillus, lactobacillus, yeast, enzymes; 1 g·kg-1 FW] and BFFA [Bacillus, Lactobacillus, yeast; 4 g·kg-1 FW]. After analyzing the chemical composition, fermentation quality, and microbial community of the silage post 30 days of ensiling, the bacterial agents were found to improve the quality of pigeon pea silage. Notably, the BFFA group showed higher dry matter (DM) content, lower pH, and the higher ratio of ammonia nitrogen·total nitrogen-1 (AN·TN-1 ) contents as compared to the MFA, HECBEP, and control group. Additionally, the microbial analysis and Spearman correlation analysis demonstrated that the application of bacteria agent BFFA increased the microbial community richness, Lactobacillus abundance, Firmicutes abundance, and decreased the Proteobacteria abundance. Therefore, these results suggest that bacterial agent BFFA could be recommended to be applied in pigeon pea for high-quality silage production.

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Effect of different bacterial agents on fermentation quality and microbial community of pigeon pea silage

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2023

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“…Thus, it reinforces our hypothesis that CLIS promotes soil regeneration, besides being able to represent economic gains to the producer ( Salton et al, 2014 ). The results obtained were similar to those observed by Ligoski et al (2020) that studied the same intercropping system. These authors showed that this intercropped silage can be a good ruminant feedstuff and decrease animal methane emissions due to ruminal fermentation.…”

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Short-Term Effect in Soil Microbial Community of Two Strategies of Recovering Degraded Area in Brazilian Savanna: A Pilot Case Study

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The Brazilian Cerrado is a highland tropical savanna considered a biodiversity hotspot with many endemic species of plants and animals. Over the years, most of the native areas of this biome became arable areas, and with inadequate management, some are nowadays at varying levels of degradation stage. Crop-livestock integrated systems (CLIS) are one option for the recovery of areas in degradation, improving the physicochemical and biological characteristics of the soil while increasing income and mitigating risks due to product diversification. Little is known about the effect of CLIS on the soil microbial community. Therefore, we perform this pilot case study to support further research on recovering degraded areas. The bacterial and fungal soil communities in the area with CLIS were compared to an area under moderate recovery (low-input recovering - LI) and native savanna (NS) area. Bacterial and fungal communities were investigated by 16S and ITS rRNA gene sequencing (deep rRNA sequencing). Ktedonobacteraceae and AD3 families were found predominantly in LI, confirming the relationship of the members of the Chloroflexi phylum in challenging environmental conditions, which can be evidenced in LI. The CLIS soil presented 63 exclusive bacterial families that were not found in LI or NS and presented a higher bacterial richness, which can be related to good land management. The NS area shared 21 and 6 families with CLIS and LI, respectively, suggesting that the intervention method used in the analyzed period brings microbial diversity closer to the conditions of the native area, demonstrating a trend of approximation between NS and CLIS even in the short term. The most abundant fungal phylum in NS treatment was Basidiomycota and Mucoromycota, whereas Ascomycota predominated in CLIS and LI. The fungal community needs more time to recover and to approximate from the native area than the bacterial community. However, according to the analysis of bacteria, the CLIS area behaved differently from the LI area, showing that this treatment induces a faster response to the increase in species richness, tending to more accelerated recovery. Results obtained herein encourage CLIS as a sustainable alternative for recovery and production in degraded areas.

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“…Silage production using integrated production systems is of fundamental importance for improving the nutritional characteristics of traditional maize and sorghum silage. The intercropping of cereals, grasses, and/or legumes primarily aims to increase the crude protein content (Ligoski et al, 2020) of the ensiled mass (Oliveira et al, 2020), as well as to enhance nitrogen use efficiency through biological fixation and minimize the use of mineral fertilizers (N), thereby reducing potential environmental impacts (Zhang et al, 2022) and promoting greater sustainability in food production.…”

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“…In addition to the nutritional benefits for animals, intercropping systems of grasses and legumes offer agronomic advantages such as reducing insects and pests, producing biomass for no-till farming systems, and lowering fertilizer costs through nutrient cycling, particularly with the presence of legumes that can supply adequate amount of nutrients to the soil-plant system (Ligoski et al, 2020;Bourscheidt et al, 2023). These systems also contribute to pasture recovery (Santos et al, 2020), providing sufficient high-quality feed for animals during the dry season.…”

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Silages of sorghum, Tamani guinea grass, and Stylosanthes in an integrated system: production and quality

Prado

Costa

Silva

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Crop–livestock integration systems are efficient technologies for diversifying production and promoting agricultural sustainability. However, less is known about the triple intercropping of crops for silage production. The objective of this study was to evaluate the dry mass production, fermentation profile, and nutritive value of sorghum silage intercropped with Tamani guinea grass and Stylosanthes cv. Bela in integrated systems. We used an experimental design with randomized blocks with four replicates. The treatments consisted of silage of (1) sorghum in monocropped; (2) Tamani guinea grass in monocropped (Panicum maximum cv. BRS Tamani); (3) Stylosanthes cv. Bela in monocropped (Stylosanthes guianensis cv. BRS Bela); (4) sorghum intercropped with Tamani guinea grass; (5) sorghum intercropped with Stylosanthes cv. Bela; (6) Stylosanthes cv. Bela intercropped with Tamani guinea grass; and (7) sorghum intercropped with Tamani guinea grass and Stylosanthes cv. Bela, totaling 28 experimental silos. Our results demonstrated that intercropping sorghum with tropical forages can be utilized in integrated silage production systems. This practice led to an increase in silage mass production per unit area while also providing pasture forage after the crop harvest for silage production, ultimately enhancing land-use efficiency in a sustainable manner. Silage produced from sorghum intercropped with Tamani guinea grass and Stylosanthes cv. Bela exhibited improved fermentative characteristics, as well as higher ether extract and total digestible nutrient contents compared with silage from monocropped forages. Tropical forages contributed to an increase in the crude protein content of monocropped sorghum silage, which could potentially reduce costs associated with acquiring protein salts for ruminant feed supplementation. Consequently, we recommend the triple intercropping of sorghum, Tamani guinea grass, and Bela for silage production, as it offers advantages for the cultivation of annual and tropical forage crops.

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Silage of Intercropping Corn, Palisade Grass, and Pigeon Pea Increases Protein Content and Reduces In Vitro Methane Production

Cited by 17 publications

References 79 publications

Effect of different bacterial agents on fermentation quality and microbial community of pigeon pea silage

Effect of different bacterial agents on fermentation quality and microbial community of pigeon pea silage

Short-Term Effect in Soil Microbial Community of Two Strategies of Recovering Degraded Area in Brazilian Savanna: A Pilot Case Study

Silages of sorghum, Tamani guinea grass, and Stylosanthes in an integrated system: production and quality

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