Effects of covering corn silage with tomato or apple pomace on fermentation quality and feed value
Project no. 23997 · Status: Kapanmış (Yayın bekleniyor) · 2022
Summary
<p> As it is known, drying foods or feeds in the summer is a storage method, for example dried alfalfa hay, dried tomatoes, dried apples, etc. In addition, pickles or silage, which is obtained by leaving water-rich food or feed to the fermentation of lactic acid bacteria in an oxygen-free environment, is also a storage technique. In the planned project, the corn silage will be covered with tomato or apple pulp. It is expected that the top part of these natural cover materials to be used will dry in sunny weather and the pectin-containing part just below will gel, creating an oxygen-free environment and allowing optimum silage fermentation (lace acid bacteria will dominate in the environment with a pH of 3.6-4.5).</p><p> The objective of the current study was to assess the effects of covering corn silage with tomato or apple pomace on the fermentability and feed quality. The in vitro gas production test was performed using graded 100ml syringes. Incubation times were 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72, and 96 hours. In vitro gas generation characteristics were significantly altered by TP and AP, both alone and in conjunction with PE, regardless of their presence. As a result of the effects found on NH3-N concentration, aerobic stability, and yeast activity, TP and AP have the potential to become an eco-friendly alternative to PE films. Nonetheless, the use of pomace as a silage cover presents an inexpensive alternative to plastic for silage that does not have the environmental problems associated with nanoplastics.</p>