The Effects of Harvesting Period and Inoculant on Second-Crop Maize Silage Fermentative Quality

Southern Europe’s mutating weather conditions and the European environmental agenda have suggested the cropping of maize (Zea mays L.) after winter cereal cultivation, even if shortening the growing period could result in an immature harvesting stage, limiting its silage quality. The experimental de...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Agronomy (Basel) 2024-05, Vol.14 (5), p.982
Hauptverfasser:	Serva, Lorenzo, Marchesini, Giorgio, Magrin, Luisa, Peker, Arzu, Segato, Severino
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aerobic microorganisms Analysis Bacteria Cereal crops Corn Corn silage Cultivation Design of experiments Developmental biology Drought Dry matter ensiling process Experimental design Fermentation fermentative quality profile Grain cultivation Harvest Harvesting harvesting dry matter Lactic acid Lactic acid bacteria Lignin maize silage microbiological inoculant Microorganisms Moisture content Organic acids Rain second-crop maize Silage Stability Sulfuric acid Survival analysis Water content Water shortages Weather
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Zusammenfassung:	Southern Europe’s mutating weather conditions and the European environmental agenda have suggested the cropping of maize (Zea mays L.) after winter cereal cultivation, even if shortening the growing period could result in an immature harvesting stage, limiting its silage quality. The experimental design investigated the effects of four harvesting dry matter (DM) classes (DMvl, 23.9%; DMl, 25.3%; DMm, 26.2%; DMh, 30.4%) in two inoculant types (heterofermentative (HE) vs. homofermentative (HOM) on fermentative quality, DM losses, and aerobic stability. The early harvested DMvl and DMl classes had the lowest silage density (
ISSN:	2073-4395 2073-4395
DOI:	10.3390/agronomy14050982