A STUDY ON EFFECTS OF MOLASSES AND ACETIC ACID ON ENSILLNG CHARACTERISTICS AND NUTRITIVE VALUE OF NAPIER GRASS SILAGE

Abstract

Napier grass is frequently grown in tropical and subtropical nations due to its high dry matter content. By creating silage and combining acetic acid and molasses, we can increase their dry matter percentage, crude protein percentage, and ash percentage. The major objective of this experiment was to determine how molasses and acetic acid affected the silage of Napier grass. Here, we created the T0, T1, and T2 varieties of silage. T0 made only with Napiergrass. We used molasse& acetic acid in T1 (5% molasses + 5% acetic acid) and T2 (10% molasses + 5% acetic acid). They were observed for their physical characteristics, pH, and proximate percentages (moisture content, crude protein, crude fiber, and ash percentage). In comparison to the other two silages (T0 and T1), Silage T2 had a better color, odor, pH (pH 4.24), moisture content (78.65%), and Cp (11.25%). Thus, we say that molasses & acetic acid has good impact on fermentation of silage.