Methods to increase silage quality in crops
AssigneeValent BioSciences Corporation
InventorsRoger Kaiser, Paul Silverman, Jim Wargo
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods for increasing the quality of crop plant silage that are consumed by milk and meat-producing animals. The methods involve the following steps: 1) treating plants with a gibberellin; 2) producing silage from the plants treated according to step 1); and 3) feeding silage produced according to step 2) to milk and/or meat-producing animals. Applicants' methods result in higher quality meat from the meat-producing animals and increased milk from the milk-producing animals.
Claims19
A method of increasing the quantity of milk or meat produced by a milk-producing animal or a meat-producing animal comprising:
- 1) applying an effective amount of at least one gibberellin compound to a plant;
- 2) producing silage from the plant;
- and 3) feeding the milk-producing animal or the meat-producing animal the silage made from the plant.
A method of improving silage quality of cereal crops comprising applying an effective amount of at least one gibberellin to cereal crops at an early vegetative growth stage.
Silage for feeding animals, produced from a plant treated with a gibberellin prior to producing silage, wherein the treated silage displays increased energy content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.