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The nature of the pigment of silage
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 March 2009
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It has been shown that the pigment in silage is phaeophytin, the magnesium-free derivative of chlorophyll. It is produced from chlorophyll by the action of carbonic acid and organic acids developed during fermentation in the silo.
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