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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
1991; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 91-355-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 623; Beef; Epiphytic microflora; Alfalfa; Corn; Additive; Silage
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Effects Of Crop Species On Indigenous Microflora And Of Silage Additives On The Microbial Succession During The Ensiling Process, C. Lin, R.A. Hart, K.K. Bolsen, J.T. Dickerson, B.E. Brent
Effects Of Crop Species On Indigenous Microflora And Of Silage Additives On The Microbial Succession During The Ensiling Process, C. Lin, R.A. Hart, K.K. Bolsen, J.T. Dickerson, B.E. Brent
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
This study considered the effects of crop species (alfalfa vs. corn) and silage additives on six categories of indigenous microorganisms (those naturally occurring on the crop) important to silage fermentation, and on the microbial succession during the ensiling process. The numbers of streptococci, Enterobacteriaceae, yeasts and molds, lactate-using yeasts, and carbohydrate- fermenting clostridial spores were higher on corn than on alfalfa. The lactic acid bacteria (LAB) comprised less than 2% of the total microbial populations on both crops. Alfalfa treated with Biomate® inoculant and the combination of dextrose and Biomate showed higher LAB counts than the control and dextrose treatments …