Chemical composition and nutritional value of maize grains from cultivars of different breeding and seed companies
Journal Title: Journal of Research and Applications in Agricultural Engineering (ISSN 1642-686X) - Year 2018, Vol 63, Issue 4
Abstract
The study presents the results of field experiments aimed at assessing the level of yield, chemical composition and nutritive value of grain of 32 maize cultivars from different breeding and seed companies. The grain yield, grain chemical composition, fiber fraction content, grain nutritional value, thousand seed weight and grain density were determined to verify the adopted assumptions. The highest content of starch, total protein, fat and nitrogen-free extract compounds was found in the cultivars of the following companies: Limagrain, IGP, Saaten-Union and Maisadour, while the lowest in IGP, Maisadour, Limagrain and IGP, respectively. The energy value of 1 kg dry weight of maize grain for poultry ranged from 14.60 (Maisadour) to 15.22 MJ EM (IGP) and statistically significant differences in the concentration of metabolic energy for poultry was found only in the grain from these companies. Concentration of metabolic energy for pigs ranged from 15.79 (Limagrain) to 15.93 MJ (Saaten-Union) and statistically significant differences in the concentration of metabolic energy for pigs were recorded only in the grain from these companies. Grains from Saaten-Union had a higher concentration of net lactation energy than those from Limagrain and Maisadour. Crude protein, net energy of lactation, sugar, exhaust nitrogenless compounds, weight of one thousand seeds (WTS) and grain density influence on differentiation maize’s cultivars.
Authors and Affiliations
Piotr Szulc, Jan Bocianowski, Zbigniew Podkówka, Daniel Krauklis, Wioletta Wilczewska
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