Moisture and Additive Effects on Alfalfa Silage Fermentation and Microbes

A 2026 dataset from figshare by Run Gao, analyzing the effects of three moisture levels (78%, 68%, 58%) and four additive treatments on the fermentation and bacterial community of alfalfa silage. The dataset likely contains measurements of pH, ammonia-nitrogen (NH3-N), lactic acid (LA), dry matter (DM) content, and relative abundances of bacterial genera like Lactobacillus and Enterococcus. The study concluded that appropriately reducing moisture content enhanced the effectiveness of additives in promoting fermentation.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between moisture content and silage pH based on the described experimental conditions.
• Analyzing the impact of Lactobacillus plantarum additives on bacterial community composition as described.
• Predicting fermentation quality scores (e.g., Flieg's score) from chemical and microbial parameters mentioned in the description.
• Studying correlations between specific bacterial genera (e.g., Lactobacillus, Enterococcus) and fermentation metabolites like lactic acid.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a controlled experiment with three defined moisture levels (78%, 68%, 58%) and four additive treatments.
• Analysis includes multiple measured variables: pH, NH3-N, LA, DM, and relative abundances of specific bacterial genera.
• Dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting open sharing and adaptation.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The primary data file is a 1.2 MB DOCX, which may require extraction or conversion for analysis.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Run Gao.

Collection Method

Experimental data from alfalfa harvested at the budding stage and treated with different additives for silage fermentation.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 07:39:19.