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Studies on forage cell walls: 2. Conditions for alkali treatment of rice straw and rice hulls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

W. R. McManus  and
C. C. Choung
W. R. McManus
Affiliation:
School of Wool and Pastoral Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, N.S.W., Australia2033
C. C. Choung
Affiliation:
School of Wool and Pastoral Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, N.S.W., Australia2033
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Summary

A number of studies on sodium hydroxide treatment of rice hulls and straw are reported. Alkali levels ranged from 0 to 100 g NaOH/100 g for hulls and from 0 to 50 g NaOH/100 g for straw.

Effects of prior grinding, prior irradiation with gamma rays (0–50 Mrads), alkali reaction time (0–24 h), neutralization of excess residual alkali with acids, and rinsing effects were studied in terms of increased salt (ash) content, test material solubility in water and in vitro and in vivo (terylene bag) fermentation.

Moderate increases in solubility and digestibility of straw followed irradiation but not for hulls. Major increases were found for irradiated straw further treated with alkali but hulls were little affected by 5 g NaOH/100 g D.M. except at the 50 Mrad level. Nutrient fortification of inocula media did not help dissimilation. Grinding had little effect on degradation of alkali-treated hulls. Straw responses were greater than for hulls.

Alkali treatment removed encrusting silica and lignin from rice hulls and increased in vitro and in vivo digestibility. Above levels of 12·5 g NaOH/100 g dry matter in vitro digestibility was depressed unless residual alkali was neutralized. Alkali-treated hulls were reduced in silica content better by rinsing or by no neutralization and no rinsing: neutralization or neutralization followed by rinsing were less effective. Lignin was best removed by alkali or alkali and acid without rinsing. Alkali reaction time on hulls was not critical, but alkali concentration was.

Animal trials indicated useful intake and digestive responses to alkali-treated rice hulls. Raw rice hulls were rejected by sheep.

When fed in a mixed diet with lucerne chaff (40% whole rice hull, 60% lucerne chaff) daily voluntary intake of rice hull dry matter was 345 g (nil NaOH); 361 g (10 g NaOH/ 100 g rice hull); 193 g (20 g NaOH/100 g rice hull) with apparent dry-matter digestibility values for the hulls of 20%, 41% and 51% respectively.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 86 , Issue 3 , June 1976 , pp. 453 - 470
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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