ArticleBMC plant biology2024
Effects of selenium enrichment on fermentation characteristics, selenium content and microbial community of alfalfa silage.
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- Moisture-driven shifts in the fermentation characteristics and microbial community of alfalfa silage treated with different additives.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- The synergistic effect between sodium selenite and Pediococcus acidilactici on fermentation quality and aerobic stability of alfalfa silage.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2025Article
- The impact of adding selenium-enriched spirulina platensis on the quality and microbial community of alfalfa silage.BMC microbiology · 2025Article
- Effects ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Foliar Spraying of Nanoselenium Improves the Nutritional Quality of Alfalfa by Recruiting Beneficial Phyllosphere Bacteria and Regulating the Distribution and Translocation of Selenium.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2025Article
- Metabolomics combined with physiology and transcriptomics reveal the regulation of key nitrogen metabolic pathways in alfalfa by foliar spraying with nano-selenium.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2025Article
- Correction: Effects of selenium enrichment on fermentation characteristics, selenium content and microbial community of alfalfa silage.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundSelenium is essential for livestock and human health. The traditional way of adding selenium to livestock diets has limitations, and there is a growing trend to provide livestock with a safe and efficient source of selenium through selenium-enriched pasture. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the effects of selenium enrichment on fermentation characteristics, selenium content, selenium morphology, microbial community and in vitro digestion of silage alfalfa by using unenriched (CK) and selenium-enriched (Se) alfalfa as raw material for silage.
resultsIn this study, selenium enrichment significantly increased crude protein, soluble carbohydrate, total selenium, and organic selenium contents of alfalfa silage fresh and post-silage samples, and it significantly decreased neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber contents (p < 0.05). Selenium enrichment altered the form of selenium in plants, mainly in the form of SeMet and SeMeCys, which were significantly higher than that of CK (p < 0.05). Selenium enrichment could significantly increase the lactic acid content, reduce the pH value, change the diversity of bacterial community, promote the growth of beneficial bacteria such as Lactiplantibacillus and inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria such as Pantoea, so as to improve the fermentation quality of silage. The in vitro digestibility of dry matter (IVDMD), in vitro digestibility of acid detergent fibers (IVADFD) and in vitro digestibility of acid detergent fibers (IVNDFD) of silage after selenium enrichment were significantly higher than those of CK (p < 0.05).
conclusionThis study showed that the presence of selenium could regulate the structure of the alfalfa silage bacterial community and improve alfalfa silage fermentation quality. Selenium enrichment measures can change the morphology of selenium in alfalfa silage products, thus promoting the conversion of organic selenium.
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