Enhancing Physical-chemical Quality and Palatability of King Grass (Pennisetum Hyrid) Silage Treated by Combination of Water Soluble Carbohydrate and Legume Sources

Mugi Miralestari, Asep Sudarman, Sri Suharti, Ahmad Sofyan

2018

Abstract

Silage is alternative technology is needed in the preservation of feed that is easily applied by farmers to needs forage in the dry season. The grass silage combined with WSC and legume are expected a solution in the provision of forages that can available throughout the year and improve silage quality. This study was conducted to examine the effect of combining the addition of various WSC and local legume sources on physical-chemical quality and palatability of king grass (Pennisetum hybrid) silage. The observed variables were physical-chemical quality (color, flavor, texture, fungal contamination, DM, OM, pH, and lactic acid), lactic acid bacteria population and palatability of silage. The experiment was arranged on a completely randomized of factorial design (4x5) with a treatment factor of king grass with addition of 5% WSC source (control, molasses, cassava flour, sweet potato flour) and addition of legume source (control, Cassava leaves, Bauhinia leaves, Leucaena leaves, Gliricidia leaves) and each treatment consisting of 3 replications. The results showed that the combination of water-soluble carbohydrate and legume source improved the color, flavor, and silage texture. The addition of legume source had significant effect (P <0.01) on the decrease of pH silage followed by increasing lactic acid concentration. The combination of WSC and legume had significant effect (P<0.01) on organic matter. The conclusion of this research is that the addition of WSC and legume source can improve the physical-chemical quality and can be used as a solution for the farmers in the provision of forage throughout the year.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Miralestari M., Sudarman A., Suharti S. and Sofyan A. (2018). Enhancing Physical-chemical Quality and Palatability of King Grass (Pennisetum Hyrid) Silage Treated by Combination of Water Soluble Carbohydrate and Legume Sources. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Computer, Environment, Agriculture, Social Science, Health Science, Engineering and Technology - Volume 1: ICEST, ISBN 978-989-758-496-1, pages 270-275. DOI: 10.5220/0010041602700275

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icest18,
author={Mugi Miralestari and Asep Sudarman and Sri Suharti and Ahmad Sofyan},
title={Enhancing Physical-chemical Quality and Palatability of King Grass (Pennisetum Hyrid) Silage Treated by Combination of Water Soluble Carbohydrate and Legume Sources},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Computer, Environment, Agriculture, Social Science, Health Science, Engineering and Technology - Volume 1: ICEST,},
year={2018},
pages={270-275},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010041602700275},
isbn={978-989-758-496-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Computer, Environment, Agriculture, Social Science, Health Science, Engineering and Technology - Volume 1: ICEST,
TI - Enhancing Physical-chemical Quality and Palatability of King Grass (Pennisetum Hyrid) Silage Treated by Combination of Water Soluble Carbohydrate and Legume Sources
SN - 978-989-758-496-1
AU - Miralestari M.
AU - Sudarman A.
AU - Suharti S.
AU - Sofyan A.
PY - 2018
SP - 270
EP - 275
DO - 10.5220/0010041602700275