Fermentation quality of ratoon rice fermented with fermented juice of epiphytic lactic acid bacteria from tropicalgrass

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the quality of fermented ratoon paddy silage as ruminant feed. The paddy material was obtained from rice fields in the Sukoharjo, Central Java, Indonesia. Turiang padi (Oryza sativa) at the cutting age of 14 days, with the Inpari 32 variety. The addition of an accelerator of Lactic Acid Bacteria or FJLB (fermented juice of epiphityc lactic acid bacteria) from Elephant Grass Extract (Pennisetum purpureum) and Odot Grass (Pennisetum purpureum CV. Mott) were incubated for 2 days. This research was conducted experimentally using a completely randomized design (CRD) with 5 replications for each treatment. The treatments consisted of no additives (T1), FJLB additives from elephant grass (T2) and odot grass (T3). FJLB was added as much as 1% of fresh weight. Silage fermentation was carried out for 21 days at room temperature. All data obtained were analyzed using the R Studio program. The Flieg point value showed the silage quality in the good and very good range. Butyric acid production is low and still within standard limits. The production of lactic acid was higher (P<0.05) in the silage of paddy ratoon which received additional silage additive from FJLB. It could be concluded that the addition of FJLB was able to improve the quality of the fermented ratoon rice.