Improving storage of sugar beet to reduction of microbial flou in silo

A lot of reasons are effective on growth of microorganisms during the storage of sugar beet in the silos. In this study، effect of the size of sugar beet (in 4 levels) and height of storage them (in 4 levels) in silos، in duration of 18 days، on growth changes of microorganism are investigated. In our study we observed that maximum activity microorganism growth (bacteria، mould، yeast and total count) in smallest sugar beets and minimum activity in biggest sugar beets. Also، maximum activity of microorganism growth belongs to the sugar beets that stored on 3 meter height and minimum activity belongs to stored on 5 meter height.