Publication Date
1989
Description
At the beginning of the growth the Elephant grass had a good dry matter production and a good nutritive value and due to this it is often used for ensilage in Brazil. However, when best suited age for ensilage (50-60 days), its water content is high making normally difficult to get suitable silages. Although reasonable silages of Elephant grass have been obtained with no additives (Tosi et al., 1983), the wilting and formic acid utilization during the ensilage have resulted in good quality silages (Silveira et al., 1979) with good nutritive value (Lavezzo et al., 1984). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality and nutritive value of Elephant grass, purple cultivar silages cut at 60 days of growth and submitted to wilting and formic acid for ensilage.
Citation
Lavezzo, W; Lavezzo, Otavia E.N.M; Rossi, C; and Bonassi, I A., "Effects of Wilting and Formic Acid on the Chemical Composition and Nutritive Value of Elephant Grass Silage Pennisetum purpureum Schum) Purple Cultivar" (2025). IGC Proceedings (1989-2023). 9.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1989/session8/9
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Effects of Wilting and Formic Acid on the Chemical Composition and Nutritive Value of Elephant Grass Silage Pennisetum purpureum Schum) Purple Cultivar
At the beginning of the growth the Elephant grass had a good dry matter production and a good nutritive value and due to this it is often used for ensilage in Brazil. However, when best suited age for ensilage (50-60 days), its water content is high making normally difficult to get suitable silages. Although reasonable silages of Elephant grass have been obtained with no additives (Tosi et al., 1983), the wilting and formic acid utilization during the ensilage have resulted in good quality silages (Silveira et al., 1979) with good nutritive value (Lavezzo et al., 1984). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality and nutritive value of Elephant grass, purple cultivar silages cut at 60 days of growth and submitted to wilting and formic acid for ensilage.
