Corn plant arrangement and its effect on silage quality
This experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of the row spacing between corn plants on silage quality. Different spacing between corn rows (40, 60, and 80 cm) was used, but the population of plants was maintained around 65,000/ha in all treatments. Analysis of variance was carried out and...
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| author | Fernando Reimann Skonieski José Laerte Nörnberg Julcemar Dias Kessler Diego Bitencourt de David Eduardo Bohrer de Azevedo Gilmar Brüning Concepta Margaret McManus Pimentel |
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| description | This experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of the row spacing between corn plants on silage quality. Different spacing between corn rows (40, 60, and 80 cm) was used, but the population of plants was maintained around 65,000/ha in all treatments. Analysis of variance was carried out and means were compared by Tukey's test at 5% of probability. A reduction in row spacing provided better spatial distribution of plants, but did not alter morphological composition or dry matter production. The corn with most equidistant spatial distribution (lowest row spacing) showed an increase in lignin concentration, neutral detergent fiber, and total carbohydrates, and showed a decrease in total digestible nutrients when compared with 80 cm row spacing. However, the organic digestibility matter was not affected by the treatments. The content and quality of protein were higher for 80 cm row spacing compared with the other levels; also, protein content was reduced as the spacing between rows became smaller. The only mineral affected was calcium, which had the lowest value at higher levels of spacing. Although differences were detected for many variables, the most appropriate spacing between rows should also take into account economic and practical aspects when choosing the best plant arrangement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c3448f26d87c4588be080e4b27ea912f2022-12-22T04:16:05ZengSociedade Brasileira de ZootecniaRevista Brasileira de Zootecnia1806-92902014-03-01433114119Corn plant arrangement and its effect on silage qualityFernando Reimann Skonieski0José Laerte Nörnberg1Julcemar Dias Kessler2Diego Bitencourt de David3Eduardo Bohrer de Azevedo4Gilmar Brüning5Concepta Margaret McManus Pimentel6Universidade Federal de Santa MariaUniversidade Federal de Santa MariaUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulThis experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of the row spacing between corn plants on silage quality. Different spacing between corn rows (40, 60, and 80 cm) was used, but the population of plants was maintained around 65,000/ha in all treatments. Analysis of variance was carried out and means were compared by Tukey's test at 5% of probability. A reduction in row spacing provided better spatial distribution of plants, but did not alter morphological composition or dry matter production. The corn with most equidistant spatial distribution (lowest row spacing) showed an increase in lignin concentration, neutral detergent fiber, and total carbohydrates, and showed a decrease in total digestible nutrients when compared with 80 cm row spacing. However, the organic digestibility matter was not affected by the treatments. The content and quality of protein were higher for 80 cm row spacing compared with the other levels; also, protein content was reduced as the spacing between rows became smaller. The only mineral affected was calcium, which had the lowest value at higher levels of spacing. Although differences were detected for many variables, the most appropriate spacing between rows should also take into account economic and practical aspects when choosing the best plant arrangement.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982014000300002&tlng=encarbohydrate fractionationnutritional valueprotein fractionationrow spacing |
| spellingShingle | Fernando Reimann Skonieski José Laerte Nörnberg Julcemar Dias Kessler Diego Bitencourt de David Eduardo Bohrer de Azevedo Gilmar Brüning Concepta Margaret McManus Pimentel Corn plant arrangement and its effect on silage quality Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia carbohydrate fractionation nutritional value protein fractionation row spacing |
| title | Corn plant arrangement and its effect on silage quality |
| title_full | Corn plant arrangement and its effect on silage quality |
| title_fullStr | Corn plant arrangement and its effect on silage quality |
| title_full_unstemmed | Corn plant arrangement and its effect on silage quality |
| title_short | Corn plant arrangement and its effect on silage quality |
| title_sort | corn plant arrangement and its effect on silage quality |
| topic | carbohydrate fractionation nutritional value protein fractionation row spacing |
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