Aerobic stability of maize silage stored under plastic films with different oxygen permeability

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 94, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2684-2690

  Borreani, Giorgio ^a   Piano, Serenella ^a   Tabacco, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerobic stability; Maize silage; Oxygen barrier plastic film

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

ACETIC ACID; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ANALYSIS; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FERMENTATION; FOOD STORAGE; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LACTOBACILLUS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PH; SILAGE; TIME; YEAST;

ACETIC ACID; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FERMENTATION; FOOD STORAGE; FUNGI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ITALY; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SILAGE; TIME FACTORS; YEASTS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84906943602     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6609     Document Type: Article

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