00937naa a2200145 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000170006024500900007726000090016752005180017665000120069470000210070677300640072713660762017-01-10       1962    bl ---       0--  u    #d1 aMcDONALD, P.  aBuffering capacity of herbage samples as a factor in ensilage.h[electronic resource]  c1962  aThe preservation of herbage as silage is dependent, in the ordinary process, upon the rapid acidification of the mass by lactic-acid-producing bacteria, which reduce the pH to a value usually within the range 3.8-4.2. The more quickly the formation of lactic acid can proceed, the sooner will undesirable changes be dominated. Soluble carbohydrates, lacto-bacilli, moisture, consolidation and temperature, all play important part in the fermentation process and influence the final quality of the silage produced.  aSilagem1 aHENDERSON, A. R.  tJournal of Science and Food Agriculturegv.13, p.395, 1962.