Abstract
The objective of this study was to determine the effects of inoculation of corn seeds with Azospirillum brasilense on grain and fodder production, nutritional value and fermentative characteristics of corn silage. The experimental design was completely randomized and consisted of two treatments with the inoculation of A. brasilense and control. The nutritive value of silages and grain yield were evaluated. The inoculation with A. brasilense did not increase the forage production (P> 0.05) however it resulted in an increase (P <0.05) in the silage material buffer power from pH 4.77 to pH 5.37 (meq HCl/100g MS). In silage the inoculation increased (P<0.05) crude protein, total digestible nutrients and degradability of organic matter. These results are associated with lower (P <0.05) concentration of lignin in the silages inoculated with A. brasilense. The grain yield and plant morphology were not altered (P>0.05) by inoculation. The inoculation with Azospirillum brasilense did not affect the production however it made possible an improvement in the nutritional value of the silage.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculation did not significantly increase corn forage production.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayst0 - Treatment
- inoculation with A. brasilensee0
- Interactor
- A. brasilense
Azospirillum brasilensee0symbiont - Outcome
- forage productione0
- Direction
- did not increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The inoculation with A. brasilense did not increase the forage production (P> 0.05)”
t0“corn seeds”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculation increased silage buffer power from pH 4.77 to pH 5.37.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- inoculationt0
- Outcome
- silage material buffer powere0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- pH 5.37 (meq HCl/100g MS)e0
- Qualifier
- pH 4.77e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“it resulted in an increase (P <0.05) in the silage material buffer power from pH 4.77 to pH 5.37 (meq HCl/100g MS)”
t0“inoculation of corn seeds”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculation increased silage crude protein, total digestible nutrients and organic matter degradability.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- inoculatione0
- Outcome
- crude protein, total digestible nutrients and degradability of organic mattere0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In silage the inoculation increased (P<0.05) crude protein, total digestible nutrients and degradability of organic matter.”
t0“corn seeds”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculation reduced lignin concentration in corn silage.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- inoculated with A. brasilensee0
- Interactor
- A. brasilenseAzospirillum brasilensee0symbiont
- Outcome
- concentration of lignine0
- Direction
- lowere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“lower (P <0.05) concentration of lignin in the silages inoculated with A. brasilense”
t0“corn seeds”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculation did not significantly alter corn grain yield or plant morphology.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- inoculatione0
- Outcome
- grain yield and plant morphologye0
- Direction
- not alterede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The grain yield and plant morphology were not altered (P>0.05) by inoculation.”
t0“corn seeds”
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