Title
YIELD, CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ENSILING ABILITY OF GREEN FORAGE FROM MEADOW FESCUE (Festuca pratensis Huds.) INFECTED WITH Neotyphodium uncinatum
Autor
Lucyna Podkówka, Piotr Dorszewski, Dariusz Pańka
Keywords
endophytes, ergovaline, fermentation coefficient, nitrates
Abstract
Forages from meadow fescue of Justa cultivar – uninfected (E–) and infected (E+) with endophyte Neotyphodium uncinatum were subjected to evaluation. Dry matter yield was determined as well as the chemical composition. Meadow fescue usefulness for ensilage was determined. Endophyte presence in forages influenced the increase of the dry matter yield. Endophyte infection of grasses caused the increase of the content of crude ash and total protein in forages. Meadow fescue forages are a good silage raw material, however the infection worsens parameters of their usefulness for ensilage. Silages obtained from endophyte-infected forages may be anaerobically unstable because of the large content of nitrates.
Pages
47-56
Cite
Podkówka, L., Dorszewski, P., Pańka, D. (2011). YIELD, CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ENSILING ABILITY OF GREEN FORAGE FROM MEADOW FESCUE (Festuca pratensis Huds.) INFECTED WITH Neotyphodium uncinatum. Acta Sci. Pol. Agricultura, 10(1), 47-56.
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