Prediction of nylon bag degradation characteristics of grass samples with the gas production technique

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 421-426

  Cone, John W ^a   Van Gelder, Antonie H ^a   Valk, Henk ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gas production; Grass; In situ; In vitro; Lolium perenne; N fertilisation

Indexed keywords

ABACA; BIODEGRADATION; GAS; NYLON; POLYMER;

LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 0031814711     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199807)77:3<421::AID-JSFA64>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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