Bacterial inoculants and enzymes based silage cocktails boost the ensiling quality of biomasses from reed, corn and rice straw

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 6 Effects of experimental cocktails on comprehensive membership function analysis scores of fermentation quality and nutritional value of silage reed, corn and rice straw

Biomass	Cocktail^a	CP	EE	GE	NDF	ADF	Ash	pH	LA	AA	NH₄–N/TN	Comprehensive score	Order
Reed straw	R-Control	0.35	0.31	0.35	0.28	0.23	0.32	0.23	0.35	0.26	0.3	2.98	6
	R-Mesa	0.52	0.41	0.59	0.45	0.66	0.72	0.46	0.38	0.35	0.43	4.97	3
	R-MesaA	0.47	0.46	0.55	0.57	0.54	0.48	0.58	0.37	0.51	0.49	5.02	2
	R-MesaB	0.54	0.37	0.63	0.53	0.52	0.62	0.66	0.51	0.62	0.67	5.67	1
	R-MesaC	0.55	0.43	0.32	0.61	0.38	0.53	0.39	0.6	0.42	0.4	4.63	5
	R-MesaG	0.55	0.42	0.57	0.43	0.54	0.46	0.34	0.54	0.34	0.45	4.64	4
Corn straw	C-Control	0.32	0.35	0.32	0.31	0.51	0.42	0.31	0.33	0.24	0.28	3.39	6
	C-Mesa	0.56	0.47	0.52	0.62	0.54	0.46	0.43	0.6	0.45	0.64	5.29	3
	C-MesaA	0.59	0.52	0.54	0.52	0.58	0.62	0.48	0.66	0.55	0.63	5.69	2
	C-MesaB	0.64	0.61	0.53	0.55	0.53	0.5	0.53	0.67	0.63	0.7	5.89	1
	C-MesaC	0.6	0.43	0.55	0.51	0.57	0.44	0.4	0.52	0.33	0.71	5.06	5
	C-MesaG	0.6	0.42	0.52	0.41	0.63	0.53	0.39	0.64	0.41	0.66	5.21	4
Rice straw	RI-Control	0.37	0.24	0.45	0.44	0.36	0.33	0.22	0.21	0.47	0.13	3.22	6
	RI-Mesa	0.53	0.77	0.55	0.47	0.54	0.41	0.63	0.38	0.45	0.43	5.16	2
	RI-MesaA	0.49	0.4	0.62	0.58	0.34	0.52	0.69	0.35	0.55	0.37	4.91	3
	RI-MesaB	0.52	0.51	0.58	0.54	0.48	0.49	0.58	0.49	0.58	0.4	5.17	1
	RI-MesaC	0.5	0.42	0.5	0.57	0.36	0.47	0.35	0.36	0.38	0.28	4.19	5
	RI-MesaG	0.53	0.42	0.47	0.64	0.43	0.41	0.34	0.58	0.48	0.52	4.82	4

CP crude protein, EE ether extract, GE gross energy, NDF neutral detergent fiber, ADF acid detergent fiber, LA lactic acid, AA acetic acid, NH₄–N ammonia nitrogen, TN total nitrogen
^aR reed straw, C corn straw, and RI rice straw, control group means the control without bacterial and enzyme supplementation, Mesa the basal silage cocktail treatment (containing 1.0 × 10⁶ CFU L. plantarum, 1.4 × 10⁷ CFU L. buchneri; 3.0 × 10⁵ CFU P. pentosaceus; 8.0 × 10⁸ CFU A. niger; 1.6 × 10⁶ CFU B. subtilis; 1.0 × 10⁹ CFU C. utilis; and enzymes: 5.0 × 10⁴ U xylanase; 2.5 × 10³ U β-mannanases; 1.0 × 10⁴ U glucanase), MesaA represents Mesa with a double or triple dosage of A. niger for reed, corn and rice straws, respectively MesaB represents Mesa with a double dosage of B. subtilis, MesaC represents Mesa with a double dosage of C. utilis, MesaG represents Mesa with a double dosage of glucanase