Adição de bactérias homofermentativas e celulase na ensilagem de cana-de-açucar

Abstract

The present work was carried out with the objective of evaluating the effect of two fermentation periods with bacterial inoculant and/or fibrolytic enzyme addition on the nutritional value of sugarcane silage. The sugar cane was conditioned in minisilos with 5L capacity and average density of 830 kg/m³. The experimental design was completely randomized with three replicates, in a 2 x 3 x 2 factorial scheme. Two fermentation periods (30 and 100 d), three cellulase enzyme doses (0, 3 and 6%) and addition or not of inoculant bacterial (Lactobacillus plantarum + Pediococcus pentosaceus, 2.5 x 1010UFC/g). Chemical composition, total digestible nutrients (TDN), degradability of dry matter (DM) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and stability rate were evaluated. The bacterial inoculant and the cellulase enzyme did not significantly affect pH, DM, organic matter (OM) and hemicellulose, however, these variables were affected by the fermentation period, where DM decreased (P <0.05) from 22 to 17%, OM from 96% to 95% and hemicellulase from 25.8 to 20.9% and the pH increased from 3.3 to 3.4. Titratable acidity and NDF and ADF levels had triple interaction between the studied factors. The treatment with 100 fermentation days without inoculant and 6% of cellulase showed the best response on sugarcane silage titratable acidity (21.6 ml). NDF, ADF and TDN contents were higher in the longer fermentation period (100 days) with addition of 6% cellulase without bacterial inoculant (44.9, 27.2 and 64.0% for NDF, ADF and TDN respectively). The highest potential DM degradability was at 100 fermentation days. The 3% cellulase concentration associated with the inoculant increased the potential DM degradability from 65.9 to 73.1% at 100 fermentation days. There was higher effective DM degradability and NDF degradability decreased in the cellulase inclusion treatments. The inoculant increased the rate of aerobic stability. There was double interaction of the cellulase x fermentation period, in which greater stability was at 30 days without cellulase addition. The addition of a bacterial inoculant or cellulase enzyme was efficient in improving the nutritional value of sugarcane silage, with better results when used independently.