Use of new plastic stretch films with enhanced oxygen impermeability to wrap baled alfalfa silage

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 635-641

  Borreani, G ^a   Tabacco, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alfalfa round bales; EVOH; Oxygen barrier film; Polyamides; Stretch film

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA ROUND BALES; ALFALFA SILAGE; BALE STORAGE; FIELD TRIAL; HIGH DRY MATTER; HIGH PERMEABILITY; KEY FACTORS; OXYGEN BARRIERS; PE FILMS; STORAGE PERIODS; STRETCH FILMS; TURIN ,ITALY;

AMIDES; AMINO ACIDS; CAPILLARITY; FERMENTATION; HYSTERESIS MOTORS; MOLDS; OXYGEN; PACKAGING MATERIALS; POLYAMIDES;

COST REDUCTION;

ALFALFA; BIOFILM; DRY MATTER; FERMENTATION; FIELD SURVEY; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; PLASTIC; SILAGE; YEAST;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 77951836006     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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