**Meet the editors**

Dr. Da Silva is a professor of Forage Crops and Pastures at the Federal University of Goias. Dr. Da Silva was a postdoc fellow at the Federal University of Bahia and Federal University of Vicosa where he worked with silage fermentation and ruminant nutrition. Dr. Da Silva has a PhD degree in Animal Science (forage crops and ruminant nutrition) from the Federal University of Vico-

sa, an MSc degree in Animal Science (forage crops and ruminant nutrition) from the Federal University of Paraiba, and a BS degree in Agronomy Engineering from the State University of Santa Cruz. The fields of research explored by Dr. Da Silva include silage fermentation and microbiology, pasture management, feedlot cattle and sheep, alternative feeds for ruminants, and ruminant nutrition.

Dr. Santos is a professor of Forage Crops and Pastures and Beef Cattle at the Federal University of Paraiba. Dr. Santos received his PhD in Animal Science (forage crops and ruminant nutrition) from the Federal University of Vicosa, a master's degree in Animal Science (forage crops and ruminant nutrition), and a BS degree in Animal Science from the Federal Rural University of Rio de

Janeiro. Dr. Santos' areas of interest include silage microbiology, cultivation and conservation of forage crops in semiarid regions, alternative feeds for ruminants, and pasture management.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Silage Management 1**

**Production 39**

Chapter 3 **Advances in Silage Sealing 53** Thiago F. Bernardes

**Section 2 Non-Conventional Crops 63**

Jaime Salinas Chavira

**Section 3 Nutritive Value of Silages 99**

dos Santos

Chapter 6 **Intake and Digestibility of Silages 101**

Chapter 1 **Survey About the Use of Bacterial Inoculants in Brazil: Effects on Silage Quality and Animal Performance 3** Carlos H.S. Rabelo, Lucas J. Mari and Ricardo A. Reis

Chapter 2 **Environmental Factors Affecting Corn Quality for Silage**

Gonzalo Ferreira and Alston N. Brown

Chapter 4 **Ensiling of Forage Crops in Semiarid Regions 65**

**for Tropical and Subtropical Areas 85**

João Paulo Farias Ramos, Edson Mauo Santos, Ana Paula Maia dos Santos, Wandrick Hauss de Souza and Juliana Silva Oliveira

Juliana Silva de Oliveira, Edson Mauro Santos and Ana Paula Maia

Chapter 5 **Potential Use of Nonconventional Silages in Ruminant Feeding**
