Claim · model-written summary
Non-fiber carbohydrate content was significantly reduced in green SCT ensiled with urea + molasses (1.65%).
- Taxon
- Saccharum officinarum
Saccharum officinarumt0 - Organ / stage
- green SCTe1
- Treatment
- urea + molassese2
- Outcome
- non-fiber carbohydrate contente1
- Direction
- reductione1
- Value
- 1.65%e2
- Qualifier
- P<0.0001e1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSetting
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Verbatim
t0“sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) top ensiled with or without urea and molasses”
e1“a significant reduction (P<0.0001) in non-fiber carbohydrate content was observed in green SCT ensiled with urea (8.4%)”
e2“urea + molasses (1.65%)”
Title
Kebede Getahun; Mengistu Ashenafi; Assefa Getnet; et al. African Journal of Agricultural Research 2018. doi:10.5897/ajar2017.12888
Other claims from this paper (16)
- Intervention effect Silages made without additive or with molasses had the best scores for smell, color and texture.
- Intervention effect Silages made without additive or with molasses had the best scores for mold appearance and pH.
- Observation The desirable pH of 3.7 to 5.0 was obtained in all sugarcane top silages except green SCT ensiled with urea-based additives.
- Intervention effect Green SCT ensiled with molasses alone had lower total dry matter loss (2.31%).
- Intervention effect Green SCT ensiled with molasses alone had lower silage temperature (26ËšC).
- Intervention effect Silage protein content increased with urea addition (P<0.0001).
- Intervention effect Silage protein content was not changed by molasses alone (P>0.05).
- Intervention effect Fiber fractions (NDF, ADF and ADL) of burnt SCT were not affected by additives (P>0.05).
- Intervention effect NDF increased in green SCT silage with urea based additives.
- Intervention effect ADF decreased in green SCT silage with molasses based additives.
- Intervention effect In vitro dry matter digestibility was highest (53.68%) in burnt SCT silage treated with the urea-molasses mix.
- Intervention effect Organic matter digestibility was highest (48.34%) in burnt SCT silage treated with the urea-molasses mix.
- Intervention effect Metabolizable energy was highest (7.74 MJ/kg DM) in burnt SCT silage treated with the urea-molasses mix.
- Intervention effect Non-fiber carbohydrate content was significantly reduced in green SCT ensiled with urea (8.4%).
- Observation Both burnt and green SCT can be adequately fermented and preserved as silage without additive.
- Recommendation Silage nutritive value of burnt SCT can be further enhanced by ensiling with urea and molasses.