YIELD AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SILAGE PRODUCED BY DIFFERENT CORN HYBRIDS

Authors

  • Erica de Oliveira Araújo IFRO
  • Joyce Cocato dos Santos Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso (IFMT), Campus Confresa, Confresa, MT, Brazil https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9038-9182
  • José Vanor Felini Catânio Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso (IFMT), Campus Confresa, Confresa, MT, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9400-5555
  • Lizianne de Matos Emerick Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso (IFMT), Campus Confresa, Confresa, MT, Brazil.
  • Raphael dos Santos Gomes Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso (IFMT), Campus Confresa, Confresa, MT, Brazil
  • Diogo de Souza Freitas Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso (IFMT), Campus Confresa, Confresa, MT, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2626-9564
  • Barbara Cruz Satilho Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso (IFMT), Campus Confresa, Confresa, MT, Brazil https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9181-2631

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18512/ijms2026e1352

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the agronomic performance of corn hybrids
cultivated for mass production and the silage chemical composition. The experiment was conducted, under
field and laboratory conditions, at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rondônia,
Colorado do Oeste Campus, in the municipality of Colorado do Oeste, RO. The experimental design was
completely randomized, consisting of seven corn hybrids (BM3063PRO3, BM709PRO3, BM990VIP3,
BM3088 VTPRO4, HLX2045PRO2, KWS9606VIP3 and Defender VIP3) and five replications. In the R5
phenological stage, the production components were determined and in the second experimental stage, the
remaining material in the useful area of each experimental unit was chopped in a manual machine for silage
preparation. After the 70day fermentation period, the silos were opened and samples were taken to determine
the nutritional value of the silage. The results showed that there is variation in the agronomic performance of
commercial corn hybrids for the southern region of Rondônia.The hybrid BM990 VIP3 stood out in terms of
green mass yield, N and P content in the shoots, as well as in the contents of NDF, ADF, starch, lignin, acetic
acid in the silage, allowing to infer a better alternative for production and silage of high nutritional value and
good digestibility, due to the lower amount of fiber and higher amount of digestible and metabolizable energy

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2026-01-27 — Updated on 2026-06-17

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Araújo, E. de O., Santos, J. C. dos, Catânio, J. V. F., Emerick, L. de M., Gomes, R. dos S., Freitas, D. de S., & Satilho, B. C. (2026). YIELD AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SILAGE PRODUCED BY DIFFERENT CORN HYBRIDS. International Journal of Maize & Sorghum, 23, e1352. https://doi.org/10.18512/ijms2026e1352 (Original work published January 27, 2026)

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Vol. 23 (2026): International Journal of Maize and Sorghum

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