Studies on the nitrogen metabolism of the ensilage process.
Studies on the nitrogen metabolism of the ensilage process.
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DOI:
10.1002/jsfa.2740070206
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发表时间:
1956-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Kemble, A. R.
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作者:
Kemble, A. R.
With quart milk bottles as containers, bad and good silage was made from young perennial ryegrass (4.71 per cent. N in the dry matter) by adding a suspension of anaerobic bacteria, or a suspension of lactobacilli along with glucose solution. After storage at 302 C. for 1 and 3 days and 1, 3, 8 and 21 weeks, total and soluble N, volatile base, total amide, glutamine, alpha-amino N, alcoholinsoluble peptide N and free amino acids were estimated by methods described earlier (Absts. 304, 305, Vol. 25). Also, young timothy from a sterile growth chamber, ensiled in a test tube, was examined after 16 days. The results are tabulated and show a rapid rise of amino acids in the first 3 days; even in the good silage, about one-third of the protein was broken down at this stage. Later, even at pH 3.8 there was a slow steady rise of soluble N, so that it was possible to have a silage with the pH, volatile base content and odour of good silage although half the original protein had been broken down. The amounts of amino acids found, except for alanine in the bad silage, were less than those calculated from the rate of protein breakdown. Results for the silage from sterile grass indicated that the excess alanine, and the rapid initial breakdown of protein, are due to the plant enzymes, not to microorganisms.-W. M. Deans.The overall changes in N distribution occurring in good, bad and micro-organism-free laboratory " silage " were investigated. The results enabled a distinction to be drawn between some of the enzymic and bacterial reactions which occur simultaneously in the silo.-M.P.