Progress in Silage Research in Relation to Animal Production and Food Safety

Key points :１ .The role of ensiling is expanding from preservation of moist crops to bioprocessing , to reduce contamination by undesirable microbes and chemicals .２ .Silage can be a good vehicle to increase the population of probiotic microorganisms fed to animals .Research on probiosis is increasing , but criteria for screening and the probiotic functions to be implemented have not yet been clearly defined .３ .Microorganism community analysis will help us understand competition and synergy among silage microorganisms .Such an approach could accelerate the development of novel inoculants with specific functional properties .