Journal
FERMENTATION-BASEL
Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/fermentation8010024
Keywords
silage; Lactobacillus plantarum; sweet corn; fermentation; bacterial community
Funding
- Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA26040304]
- Hunan Innovation Province Project [2020NK2049]
- Science and Technology Service Network Initiative of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [KFJ-EW-STS-054]
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This study investigated the effect of inoculation with Lactobacillus plantarum on fermentation and nutritional quality of sweet corn silage. Results showed that inoculation increased starch content and relative abundance of lactobacillus in sweet corn whole plant silage. Inoculation with L. plantarum was not necessary for adequate fermentation, but it can increase the nutritive value of sweet corn whole plant silage for ruminants.
Sweet corn is a feed resource with a high content of water-soluble carbohydrates (WSC) available for ruminant production. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of inoculation with Lactobacillus plantarum on fermentation and nutritional quality of sweet corn silage. Sweet corn whole plant (WP) and sweet corn stover (CS) were ensiled in mini silos with or without inoculation of L. plantarum. Proximate composition and fermentation variables, and composition of the bacterial community, were evaluated before ensiling and at the end of the first, second, and third month after ensiling. There was fiber degradation in CS silage after three months of ensilage, but not in WP silage. Inoculation of WP silage, but not of CS silage, with L. plantarum, increased starch content. The relative abundance of genus Lactobacillus was increased by inoculation with L. plantarum by 14.2% and 82.2% in WP and CS silage, respectively. Inoculation with L. plantarum was not necessary to achieve adequate fermentation of either WP or CS silage, as the abundance of native lactic acid bacteria in both materials seemed suitable for adequate fermentation. That said, increased starch content in WP resulting from inoculation with L. plantarum can increase the nutritive value of WP for ruminants.
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