Can Alhaji maurorum as a halophyte plant be ensiled with molasses and Saccharomyces cerevisiae well?

AMB Express

Table 5 Some fermentation parameters of the culture medium following the incubation of different silage prepared from Alhaji maurorum

Item	TVFA	NH₃-N	pH 24 h	IVOMD	ME	NEl	IVDMD
AM1	65.3^b	17.1	6.55^ab	34.1^c	3.26^d	1.25^d	30.4^d
AM2	66.5^b	17.0	6.52^ab	33.5^c	3.25^d	1.25^d	29.5^d
AM3	67.5^ab	16.8	6.55^ab	40.0^b	3.79^bcd	1.63^bcd	36.0^bc
AM4	67.1^ab	16.3	6.49^ab	45.7^a	4.19^abc	1.92^abc	40.7^ab
AM5	67.5^ab	16.1	6.45^bc	46.2^a	4.31^ab	2.0^ab	41.0^ab
AM6	69.2^a	16.1	6.37^c	47.7^a	4.55^a	2.16^a	43.4^a
AM7	65.9^b	16.4	6.59^a	35.5^bc	3.52^cd	1.44^cd	31.7^dc
AM8	66.3^b	16.2	6.53^ab	37.0^bc	3.83^bcd	1.66^bcd	33.2^dc
AM9	66.7^b	16.4	6.56^a	35.2^bc	3.54^cd	1.45^cd	32.0^dc
SEM	0.28	0.30	0.014	1.34	0.10	0.07	1.24
P-value	0.05	0.12	0.002	0.002	0.003	0.003	0.0008

^a-dMeans within the same columns followed by different letters differ significantly at the P-value indicated
OMD and DMD were determined after 24 h incubation
AM1 Alhaji maurorum after ensiling (no additive, control), AM2 Alhaji maurorum ensiled with 5% molasses, AM3 Alhaji maurorum ensiled with 10% molasses, AM4 Alhaji maurorum ensiled with 1 × 10⁴ CFU of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, AM5 Alhaji maurorum ensiled with 1 × 10⁴ CFU of Saccharomyces cerevisiae + + 5% molasses, AM6 Alhaji maurorum ensiled with 1 × 10⁴ CFU of Saccharomyces cerevisiae + 10% molasses, AM7 Alhaji maurorum ensiled with 1 × 10⁸ CFU of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, AM8 Alhaji maurorum ensiled with 1 × 10⁸ CFU of Saccharomyces cerevisiae + 5% molasses, AM9 Alhaji maurorum ensiled with 1 × 10⁸ CFU of Saccharomyces cerevisiae + 10% molasses, NH₃-N (mg/dL) ammonia nitrogen, TVFA (mmol/L) total volatile fatty acid, IVOMD (%) in vitro organic matter digestibility after 24 h incubation, ME (MJ/kg DM) metabolizable energy, NEl (MJ/kg DM) net energy for lactation, IVDMD (%) in vitro dry matter digestibility after 24 h incubation, SEM standard error of the mean