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    This document discusses factors that affect the rates of decomposition, including the effects of aeration and nitrogen. It focuses on the differences between composting and silage production. Composting is an aerobic process where decomposition is severely reduced under anaerobic conditions, while silage production is an anaerobic process for preserving grass and clover by packing it in an airtight silo to create conditions where only lactic acid bacteria can grow. The document emphasizes the importance of aeration and differences in factors like pH, temperature, and microbial flora between the two decomposition processes.

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    This document discusses factors that affect the rates of decomposition, including the effects of aeration and nitrogen. It focuses on the differences between composting and silage production. Composting is an aerobic process where decomposition is severely reduced under anaerobic conditions, while silage production is an anaerobic process for preserving grass and clover by packing it in an airtight silo to create conditions where only lactic acid bacteria can grow. The document emphasizes the importance of aeration and differences in factors like pH, temperature, and microbial flora between the two decomposition processes.

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    This document discusses factors that affect the rates of decomposition, including the effects of aeration and nitrogen. It focuses on the differences between composting and silage production. Composting is an aerobic process where decomposition is severely reduced under anaerobic conditions, while silage production is an anaerobic process for preserving grass and clover by packing it in an airtight silo to create conditions where only lactic acid bacteria can grow. The document emphasizes the importance of aeration and differences in factors like pH, temperature, and microbial flora between the two decomposition processes.

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    FACTORS AFFECTING

    RATES OF
    DECOMPOSITION

    FACTORS AFFECTING
    RATES OF
    DECOMPOSITION
    1.Effects of aeration
    2.Effects of nitrogen
    3.Effects of prior
    colonization

    EFFECTS OF AERATION:
    SILAGE PRODUCTION

    Composting
    Usually is aerobic process
    Rate severely reduced if anaerobic
    conditions develop in the centre of
    the compost

    Silage
    Anaerobic process
    Becoming increasingly popular as an
    alternative to hay-making in the
    wetter parts of Brittain

    Making of Silage
    1. Fresh grass or clover is cut and
    wilted for a few hours in the field.
    2. The materials is then chopped and
    bruised to release any available
    nutrients and plant enzymes.
    3. It is then compacted into an air-tight
    silo
    4. Microorganism start to grow in the silo

    Making of Silage
    5. Soon the oxygen depleted, only
    lactic acid bacteria continue grow.
    6. The material can then be stored
    more or less indefinitely.

    Due to combination of low pH and


    anaerobic conditions

    Importance
    Underline the significance of aeration
    in decomposition process.

    Differences

    pH
    Temperature
    Rate of decomposition
    The microbial flora

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