AU - M. Alikhani, AU - A. A. Alamooti, AU - Gh. R. Ghorbani, AU - N. Sadeghi, TI - Effect of Urea, Molasses and a Bacterial Inoculants on Chemical Composition and Dry Matter Degradability of Sunflower Silage PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - JCPP JN - JCPP VO - 9 VI - 3 IP - 3 4099 - http://jcpp.iut.ac.ir/article-1-373-en.html 4100 - http://jcpp.iut.ac.ir/article-1-373-en.pdf SO - JCPP 3 AB  - Whole plant sunflower and sunflower without head were ensiled in plastic containers using additives in a 2×2×2×2 factorial arrangement in a completely randomized design with three replicates. Additives were molasses, urea (at 4 and 0.5 percent wet basis respectively), and a bacterial inoculant (Agros 6gr/ton of forage as manufacture’s instruction). Compared with silages without head, ensiling sunflower as whole plant resulted in lower pH, neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and ash versus higher concentrations of crude protein and ether extract (EE). No significant effect of seed was observed on lactic acid concentration and dry matter degradability (P CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - JCPP PG - 171 PT - Research YR - 2005