Changes in digestibility and cell-wall constituents of some agricultural by-products due to gamma irradiation and urea treatments

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 323-329

  Al Masri, M R ^a   Guenther, K D ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; GAMMA RAYS; RADIATION EFFECTS; REFUSE DIGESTION; UREA;

IN-VITRO ORGANIC MATTER DIGESTIBILITY (IVOMD);

AGRICULTURAL WASTES;

LIGNIN; UREA;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOCHEMISTRY; ENERGY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; PLANT CELL; RADIATION DOSE; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE;

EID: 0033166195     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(98)00333-8     Document Type: Article

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