Research Progress and Future Perspectives of Silage
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2022) | Viewed by 20405
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Interests: lactic acid bacteria; silage microbiology; yeast biotechnology; circular economy, waste management
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Interests: grassland management; forage quality; silage additives; animal performance; beef meat quality; organic farming
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Silage production will remain a key part in animal production systems across tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions. This demands continuing approaches for the production of high-quality silages involving improvements in management practice to minimize losses and maximize the preservation of the inherent feeding value of the parent crop. Today, silage is not only feed but also a valuable and sustainable source for bioenergy and biorefineries, and preserving green biomass by ensiling provides an environmentally friendly recycling method for agricultural and food industry byproducts. So far, effective techniques of ensiling and novel additives to improve the fermentation and aerobic stability of silage have been designed. The key biochemical pathways in silage fermentation have been described together with the effects of microbial and chemical additives on fermentation and aerobic stability during the feed-out phase. Still, novel research on microbiota of ensiled plants by genetic tools is highly desirable. Future perspectives include improving food safety and animal health by increasing the hygienic quality of silage, reducing the environmental impact of silage by decreasing the loss of nitrogen to the environment, reducing methanogenesis in the rumen, and increasing methane yield from silage as biofuel, and the use of silages as feedstocks for multiple ends uses in biorefineries. In this Special Issue, we are looking for publications that can bring together different aspects concerning silage production.
Topics included but are not limited to:
- Silage microbiology and biochemistry;
- New trends in silage technology and management;
- Silage utilization and animal production;
- Fermented feed for non-ruminants;
- Silages for biogas production;
- New technologies to monitor and improve silage quality;
- Economic issues of silage production.
Dr. Agata Urszula Fabiszewska
Prof. Dr. Barbara Wróbel
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aerobic stability
- biodegradable films
- dry matter losses
- hygienic quality of silage
- silage additives
- silage microbiota
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