Satellite Symposium 2: Silage
Description
Higher concentrations of water-soluble carbohydrate (WSC) in silage offer ruminant nutrition and environmental attractions. Both successful field wilting and alternative silage additives provide the opportunity to manipulate silage WSC by modifying fermentation and/or improving aerobic stability. This experiment evaluated the fermentation and aerobic stability of silages made from perennial ryegrass cultivars of high or normal WSC genotype that differed in field wilting or additive use.
Citation
O'Kiely, P.; Howard, H.; Pahlow, G.; Merry, R. J.; and O'Mara, F. P., "Perennial Ryegrasses Bred for Contrasting Sugar Contents: Manipulating Fermentation and Aerobic Stability Using Wilting and Additives (1) (EU FP V -Project ‘SweetGrass’)" (2023). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 70.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/satellitesymposium2/70
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Perennial Ryegrasses Bred for Contrasting Sugar Contents: Manipulating Fermentation and Aerobic Stability Using Wilting and Additives (1) (EU FP V -Project ‘SweetGrass’)
Higher concentrations of water-soluble carbohydrate (WSC) in silage offer ruminant nutrition and environmental attractions. Both successful field wilting and alternative silage additives provide the opportunity to manipulate silage WSC by modifying fermentation and/or improving aerobic stability. This experiment evaluated the fermentation and aerobic stability of silages made from perennial ryegrass cultivars of high or normal WSC genotype that differed in field wilting or additive use.