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Physical Constants in Alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.) Silage and Silage Materials 1
Author(s) -
Dexter S. T.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1964.0011183x000400060015x
Subject(s) - silage , medicago sativa , crop , citation , biology , medicago , agronomy , horticulture , library science , computer science , biochemistry , gene
SILAGES are mixtures of dry matter, water, and air in widely varying proportions. The proportions are highly significant in the storage and fermentation characteristics of the product. In view of these facts, the following experiments were performed to obtain data relating to the density of the dry matter and of the chopped green material. The volume of intercellular gas and of gas per cubic foot of silage of various densities was measured, and was related to the ease of movement of gas within the silages of different densities and percentages of dry matter.