TABLE 2.
Fermentation losses and aerobic stability of sugarcane silage treated with heterolactic inoculants and stored for 70 days.
| Item | Control | LH | LB | LH+LB | SEM | P-value |
| DMoven loss (g kg–1 DM) | 335a | 153b | 89.2c | 69.5c | 11.94 | <0.01 |
| DMcorr loss (g kg–1 DM) | 176a | 56.0b | 47.4b | 46.2b | 2.66 | <0.01 |
| Gas loss (g kg–1 DM) | 129a | 46.0b | 43.9b | 41.3b | 2.20 | <0.01 |
| Gas emissiond (g kg–1 DM) | 130a | 45.9b | 44.6b | 40.8b | 1.73 | <0.01 |
| Gas pool (mL kg–1 DM) | 73.8a | 23.1b | 22.7b | 20.6b | 1.35 | <0.01 |
| Fractional rate of gas production (d–1) | 0.040b | 0.169a | 0.167a | 0.177a | 0.0064 | <0.01 |
| Aerobic stabilitye (h) | 144b | 143b | 163a | 158ab | 4.51 | 0.02 |
Control, without additive; LH, Lactobacillus hilgardii CNCM I-4785 at 3 × 105 cfu/g; LB, L. buchneri NCIMB 40788 at 3 × 105 cfu g–1; LH+LB, Lactobacillus hilgardii CNCM I-4785 at 1.5 × 105 cfu g–1 + L. buchneri NCIMB 40788 at 1.5 × 105 cfu g–1; SEM, standard error of the mean. a,b,cMeans within a row with different superscripts differ (Tukey test, α = 0.05). dEstimated from gas volume. eBased on temperature rise.