[Energy and protein values of early maturing varieties of maize and its silage]

Jatkauskas, J.; Vrotniakiene, V.

[Energy and protein values of early maturing varieties of maize and its silage]

1998

Jatkauskas, J. | Vrotniakiene, V. (Lithuanian Institute of Animal Science, Baisogala (Lithuania))

Early- maturing varieties of maize 'Bonny', 'Mutin' and 'Diamand' (KWS company, Germany) were investigated at the Lithuanian Institute of Animal Science under meteorological conditions of 1996. The investigation indicated that 'Mutin' variety of maize was most productive and yielded 118.27 cwt of dry matter/ha, 10857.2 feed units and 6.33 cwt of digestible protein. The silage made from 'Mutin' maize was of the highest quality. Estimations of fresh maize yield, nutrient losses of silage, nutritive value of feed and amount of digestible protein indicated that 'Bony', 'Diamant' and 'Mutin' varieties of maize yielded, respectively, 10.11, 8.59 and 10.22 tonnes of dry matter, 7975.8, 8251.8 and 8970.9 feed units, and 559.9, 485.1 and 540.6 kg of digestible protein.

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