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The effect of biogas slurry application on biomass production and the silage quality of corn

  • Hua Sun (Jiangsu Coastal Area Institute of Agricultural Science) ;
  • Kai Shi (Jiangsu Coastal Area Institute of Agricultural Science) ;
  • Hairong Ding (Jiangsu Coastal Area Institute of Agricultural Science) ;
  • Chenglong Ding (Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Zhiqing Yang (Jiangsu Coastal Area Institute of Agricultural Science) ;
  • Chen An (Jiangsu Coastal Area Institute of Agricultural Science) ;
  • Chongfu Jin (Jiangsu Coastal Area Institute of Agricultural Science) ;
  • Beiyi Liu (Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Zhaoxin Zhong (Jiangsu Coastal Area Institute of Agricultural Science) ;
  • Xia Xiao (Jiangsu Coastal Area Institute of Agricultural Science) ;
  • Fuyin Hou (Jiangsu Coastal Area Institute of Agricultural Science)
  • Received : 2023.04.06
  • Accepted : 2023.07.19
  • Published : 2023.12.01

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of biogas slurry application on biomass production and the silage quality of corn. Methods: A field experiment was conducted in which corn was grown using different biogas slurry application rates. The effect of 25% to 500% biogas slurry nitrogen replacement (T1 to T14) on the yield and quality indices of corn were studied by field plot experiments. Results: The results revealed that biogas slurry application improved the stem diameter and relative feed value of corn silage in treatments T13 and T11. Moreover, the fermentation quality of corn silage was improved due to an increase in lactic acid content; in comparison with the chemical synthetic fertilizer (CF) group. The crude protein contents of corn silage had no obvious change with increasing biogas slurry application. However, the forage quality index of acid detergent fiber was decreased (p<0.05) in the T11 group compared with the CF group. In addition, higher (p<0.05) 30 h in vitro dry matter digestibility and 30 h in vitro neutral detergent fiber digestibility were observed in the T11 and T13 groups than in the CF group. Conclusion: Based on these results, it was concluded that the optimum biogas slurry application rate for corn was approximately 350% to 450% biogas slurry nitrogen replacement under the present experimental conditions.

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Acknowledgement

The authors are grateful to the Jiangsu Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Fund (CX (21) 2017).

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