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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
1987; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 87-309-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 514; Beef; Inoculant; Alfalfa; Corn; Forage; Sorghum; Triticale; Silage
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Effect Of Commercial Inoculants On The Fermentation Of Alfalfa, Corn, Forage Sorghum, And Triticale Silages, K. Bolsen, H. Ilg, A. Laytimi, R. Hart, V. Chain, L. Nuzback, Daniel Y.C. Fung
Effect Of Commercial Inoculants On The Fermentation Of Alfalfa, Corn, Forage Sorghum, And Triticale Silages, K. Bolsen, H. Ilg, A. Laytimi, R. Hart, V. Chain, L. Nuzback, Daniel Y.C. Fung
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Fourteen commercial inoculants were evaluated in seven trials using alfalfa, corn, forage sorghum, and triticale silages. Microbial profiles of the inoculants and of the crops differed widely. Viable lactic acid bacteria (LAB) supplied per gram of fresh crop by the inoculants ranged from less than 103 to over 103. Only the alfalfas had 10 or fewer LAB per gram of crop when the forages were treated and as a result, fermentation responses were excellent for those inoculants that supplied 10 or more LAB per gram of treated crop. Corn and triticale underwent a very rapid fermentation rate with very little …