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      Efecto de la altura de corte de sorgo a la cosecha sobre el rendimiento de forraje y el valor nutritivo del ensilaje Translated title: Effect of the cutting height of sorghum at harvest on forage yield and nutritional value of silage

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          Resumen El objetivo fue identificar una altura de corte óptima a la cosecha del forraje de sorgo (Sorghum bicolor L.) para mejorar la calidad nutritiva del ensilaje, sin reducir el rendimiento de materia seca (MS) del forraje. Se evaluó el efecto de la altura de corte a 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 y 60 cm, sobre el rendimiento de MS y el valor nutritivo del ensilaje. El forraje se cosechó cuando el grano alcanzó un estado lechoso-masoso. Las plantas se trituraron a un tamaño de partícula de 2 cm y el forraje se compactó a 261 kg de MS/m3 en mini-silos. El rendimiento de MS se redujo a partir de cosechar a 40 cm sobre el suelo. La fibra detergente neutro (FDN) y lignina del ensilaje fueron superiores cuando se cosechó a 10 cm, pero la lignina se redujo 1.4 % cuando el corte fue mayor a 20 cm. La digestibilidad de la FDN y la concentración de nutrientes digestibles totales (NDT) aumentaron cuando se cosechó a 40 cm. El mayor contenido de carbohidratos no fibrosos (CNF) se obtuvo cuando se cosechó a 40 y 50 cm. La energía neta de lactancia (ENL) del ensilaje aumentó a partir de cosechar a 20 cm. El pH óptimo del ensilaje se obtuvo cuando se cosechó a 30 cm. En conclusión, cosechar el forraje de sorgo entre 20 y 40 cm permite obtener un ensilaje con menor contenido de lignina y, por consiguiente, mayor digestibilidad y concentración energética sin afectar negativamente el rendimiento de MS del forraje.

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          Abstract The objective was to identify an optimal cutting height at harvest of sorghum forage (Sorghum bicolor L.) to improve the nutritional quality of silage, without reducing the dry matter (DM) yield of the forage. The effect of cutting height at 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 cm on DM yield and nutritional value of silage was evaluated. The forage was harvested when the grain reached a milky-dough state. The plants were crushed to a particle size of 2 cm and the forage was compacted to 261 kg of MS/m3 in mini silos. The DM yield reduced from harvesting at 40 cm above the ground. The neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and lignin of silage were superior when harvested at 10 cm, but lignin reduced by 1.4 % when the cut was greater than 20 cm. The NDF digestibility and total digestible nutrient (TDN) concentration increased when harvested at 40 cm. The highest content of non-fibrous carbohydrates (NFC) was obtained when harvested at 40 and 50 cm. The net lactation energy (NLE) of silage increased from harvesting at 20 cm. The optimal pH of silage was obtained when harvested at 30 cm. In conclusion, harvesting the sorghum fodder between 20 and 40 cm allows obtaining a silage with lower lignin content and, therefore, greater digestibility and energy concentration without negatively affecting the DM yield of the forage.

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          Effects of the digestibility of neutral detergent fiber (NDF) from forage on performance of dairy cows were evaluated statistically using treatment means for 13 sets of forage comparisons reported in the literature. All comparisons reported significant differences in NDF digestibilities of forages in situ or in vitro. Treatment means were blocked by study or by additional factorial treatment within a study to remove variation among experiments. The statistical model included random effect of block, fixed factorial effect of NDF digestibility (high or low), and dietary NDF concentration as a covariate. Enhanced NDF digestibility of forage significantly increased dry matter intake (DMI) and milk yield. A one-unit increase in NDF digestibility in vitro or in situ was associated with a 0.17-kg increase in DMI and a 0.25-kg increase in 4% fat-corrected milk. Differences in NDF digestibility between treatments were greater when measured in vitro or in situ than when measured in vivo. Digestibility of NDF in vitro or in situ might be a better indicator of DMI than NDF digestibility in vivo because forages with high in vitro or in situ NDF digestibilities might have shorter rumen retention times, allowing greater DMI at the expense of NDF digestibility in vivo. Digestibility of NDF is an important parameter of forage quality.
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              The forage lignocellulosic complex is one of the greatest limitations to utilization of the nutrients and energy in fiber. Consequently, several technologies have been developed to increase forage fiber utilization by dairy cows. Physical or mechanical processing techniques reduce forage particle size and gut fill and thereby increase intake. Such techniques increase the surface area for microbial colonization and may increase fiber utilization. Genetic technologies such as brown midrib mutants (BMR) with less lignin have been among the most repeatable and practical strategies to increase fiber utilization. Newer BMR corn hybrids are better yielding than the early hybrids and recent brachytic dwarf BMR sorghum hybrids avoid lodging problems of early hybrids. Several alkalis have been effective at increasing fiber digestibility. Among these, ammoniation has the added benefit of increasing the nitrogen concentration of the forage. However, few of these have been widely adopted due to the cost and the caustic nature of the chemicals. Urea treatment is more benign but requires sufficient urease and moisture for efficacy. Ammonia-fiber expansion technology uses high temperature, moisture, and pressure to degrade lignocellulose to a greater extent than ammoniation alone, but it occurs in reactors and is therefore not currently usable on farms. Biological technologies for increasing fiber utilization such as application of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes, live yeasts, and yeast culture have had equivocal effects on forage fiber digestion in individual studies, but recent meta-analyses indicate that their overall effects are positive. Nonhydrolytic expansin-like proteins act in synergy with fibrolytic enzymes to increase fiber digestion beyond that achieved by the enzyme alone due to their ability to expand cellulose microfibrils allowing greater enzyme penetration of the cell wall matrix. White-rot fungi are perhaps the biological agents with the greatest potential for lignocellulose deconstruction, but they require aerobic conditions and several strains degrade easily digestible carbohydrates. Less ruminant nutrition research has been conducted on brown rot fungi that deconstruct lignocellulose by generating highly destructive hydroxyl radicals via the Fenton reaction. More research is needed to increase the repeatability, efficacy, cost effectiveness, and on-farm applicability of technologies for increasing fiber utilization.
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                Journal
                rmcp
                Revista mexicana de ciencias pecuarias
                Rev. mex. de cienc. pecuarias
                Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico )
                2007-1124
                2448-6698
                September 2021
                : 12
                : 3
                : 958-968
                Affiliations
                [2] orgnameInstituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias Mexico
                [1] Gómez Palacio Dgo orgnameUniversidad Juárez del Estado de Durango orgdiv1Facultad de Agricultura y Zootecnia México
                [3] orgnameDairy Research Center USA
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                S2007-11242021000300958 S2007-1124(21)01200300958
                10.22319/rmcp.v12i3.5724
                1f63efbc-7abc-455e-850c-cadc4a4c8a67

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                : 02 July 2020
                : 19 October 2020
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                Cutting height,Nutritional value,Sorghum bicolor (L.),Materia seca,Ensilaje,Altura de corte,Valor nutricional,Dry matter yield,Silage

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