Quality of Silage made from Fodder crops and its mixture

Authors

  • Smita Basole Department of Botany, Rajmata Jijau Mahavidyalaya Kille-Dharur, Dist. Beed. (M.S.), India

Keywords:

fodder, silage, crop mixture, raring animals, Anaerobic Fermentation

Abstract

Several species were found suitable for higher fodder production. Properly selected green fodder is the most natural food for animals. In India owing to climatic conditions and other limitations it is difficult to raise organised pasture. Green fodder has fairly high nutritive value with good number of digestible proteins. Converting green fodder in silage, preserve the food value. Investigation reported in this paper was under taken mainly to study the effect of mixing two different crops for the preparation of silage and study the nutritive quality of resultant silage.

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Published

2026-05-30

How to Cite

Smita Basole. (2026). Quality of Silage made from Fodder crops and its mixture. International Journal of Life Sciences, 14(1A), 227–230. Retrieved from https://ijlsci.in/ls/index.php/home/article/view/1622

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1A (2026): International Journal of Life Sciences

Section

Agriculture & Soil Science

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