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Effects of Ensiling on the Hydrocyanic Acid Potential of Sorghum Plants 1
Author(s) -
McCarty Glenn,
Gray Elmer,
Shipe Emerson R.,
Brown Leonard D.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1971.00021962006300030015x
Subject(s) - sorghum , silage , agronomy , forage , chemistry , cultivar , silo , respiration , sweet sorghum , biology , botany
Levels of HCN‐p in plants of all sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) cultivars and stages decreased during ensiling. Small amounts of HCN gas were detected in the gases released during aerobic respiration, and in the gases flushed from the silo after the aerobic respiration period. The levels of HCN‐p of all the forage sorghum silages approached 0 ppm; whereas, the HCN‐p of the grain sorghum silage was 62 ppm.