Enzymatic hydrolysis of forage and straw pretreated with ammonia

Canadian Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-212

  Savoie, P ^a   De Halleux, D ^b   Belkacemi, K ^b   Turcotte, G ^b   Nadeau, P ^a   Chiquette, J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Ethanol; Forage; Hydrolysis; Straw

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; GLUCOSE; HYDROLYSIS; SOLUBILITY; XYLOSE;

ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; FEED ENERGY VALUE;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES;

EID: 0032109001     PISSN: 0045432X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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