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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2020.114526

has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Effect of Molasses Addition at Ensiling on Ruminal In Situ Dry Matter and Nutrient Degradation of Whole-Plant Soybean Silage Harvested at Different Phenological Stages

  AUTHORS: Lucas Ghedin Ghizzi, Matheus Rebouças Pupo, Celso Heinzen Jr., Tiago Antônio Del Valle, Francisco Palma Rennó, Luiz Felipe Ferraretto

  KEYWORDS: Additive, In Situ Degradation, Ruminal Degradation Parameters, Legume Ensiling

  JOURNAL NAME: Agricultural Sciences, Vol.13 No.2, February 25, 2022

  ABSTRACT: Whole-plant soybean ensiling has limitations and challenges that affect silage fermentation patterns and reduce ruminal nutrient degradation. Perhaps either the addition of molasses at ensiling or harvesting at different phenological stages has the potential to enhance whole-plant soybean silage (WSS) ruminal degradation. This experiment was a completely randomized design with a 3 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments evaluating the effects of molasses (0 and 40 g/kg fresh forage) and phenological stage (R5: beginning seed, R6: full seed, and R7: beginning maturity) on ruminal in situ degradation. Molasses increased effective ruminal degradability (ERD) of dry matter (DM) regardless of the phenological stage and increased ERD of crude protein at R5 and R6. The addition of molasses at later phenological stages increased ERD of neutral detergent fiber (NDF). There was a molasses × phenological stage interaction effect with greater fractions A and B of NDF at R7 and R5, respectively, but lower undegraded NDF at R5 and R6 with molasses addition. Although the benefits of adding molasses were more pronounced in R5 and R6, adding molasses to whole-plant soybean at ensiling is recommended regardless of phenological stage. Increasing the proportion of digestible nutrients at harvesting either by harvesting at later phenological stages or the addition of molasses is a powerful strategy to manage ruminal degradation of DM and nutrients in WSS.