Chemical fractionation of carbohydrate and protein composition of corn silages fertilized with increasing doses of nitrogen

ABSTRACT: The use of nitrogen fertilizers in corn crops for silage can improve both production and, theoretically, nutritional quality, especially carbohydrate and protein fractions, thereby optimizing animal production. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of increasing levels of...

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Main Authors: Mikael Neumann, José Laerte Nörnberg, Guilherme Fernando Mattos Leão, Egon Henrique Horst, Danúbia Nogueira Figueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Series:Ciência Rural
Subjects:
pH
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782017000500251&lng=en&tlng=en