Influence of Cinnamon Essential Oil and Monensin on Ruminal Biogas Kinetics of Waste Pomegranate Seeds as a Biofriendly Agriculture Environment

The objective of present experiment was to compare the effect of cinnamon essential oil with monensin on the environmental biogas production kinetics of pomegranate seeds. Experimental treatments were: pomegranate seeds (control), pomegranate seeds with 12 mg monensin/kg dry matter, pomegranate seeds with 24 mg monensin/kg dry matter, pomegranate seeds with 150 mg cinnamon essential oil/kg dry matter and pomegranate seeds with 250 mg cinnamon essential oil/kg dry matter. The biogas produced by treatments incubation was recorded at 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 36, 48, 72, 96 and 120 h after incubation. The results showed that biogas production decreased numerically at 120 h after incubation in the treatment containing monensin (at 24 mg/kg dry matter) and cinnamon essential oil (at 150 and 250 mg/kg dry matter) compared to the control treatment. The addition of monensin and cinnamon essential oil had a significant effect (P