Effects of Bacillus coagulans and Lactobacillus plantarum on the fermentation quality, aerobic stability and microbial community of triticale silage

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 3 Chemical composition of triticale silages ensiled for 60 d

Item¹	No LP		LP³		SEM⁴	Effect (p-value)
Item¹	No BC	BC²	No BC	BC		LP	BC	LP × BC⁵
DM, g/kg	289	292	297	298	2.01	0.08	0.49	0.69
CP, g/kg DM	110	110	111	111	0.52	0.91	0.75	0.93
NH₃-N, g/kg TN	46.00^a	41.13^b	39.20^b	36.67^c	0.42	< 0.01	< 0.01	0.17
WSC, g/kg DM	71.06^a	64.90^b	51.73^c	47.90^d	0.21	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.05
ADF, g/kg DM	356	347	337	330	2.72	0.12	0.46	0.93
NDF, g/kg DM	539^a	519^b	500^c	494^d	1.92	< 0.01	< 0.01	0.09
Crude ash, g/kg DM	30.80	31.33	29.47	29.33	0.26	< 0.05	0.76	0.62
Aerobic stability, h	44.50^d	70.83^c	81.67^b	99.76^a	1.46	< 0.01	< 0.01	0.19

¹DM dry matter, CP crude protein, NH₃-N ammonia nitrogen, TN total nitrogen, WSC water-soluble carbohydrate, ADF acid detergent fiber, NDF neutral detergent fiber
²BC Bacillus coagulans 21,735 (China center of industrial culture collection, CICC 21735)
³LP commercial Lactobacillus plantarum
⁴SEM standard error of the means
⁵LP × BC, an interaction effect of inoculated LP and BC
^a–dMeans of inoculation treatments within a row with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05)