Improved method for fibre content and quality analysis and their application to flax genetic diversity investigations

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-243

  Van Den Oever, M J A ^a   Bas, N ^a   Van Soest, L J M ^a   Melis, C ^a   Van Dam, J E G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autoclave; Breeding; Chelators; Fibre yield and quality analysis; Flax; Retting

Indexed keywords

AUTOCLAVES; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CORRELATION METHODS; FLAX; GENETIC ENGINEERING; STRAW;

FIBER SCREENING METHODS;

CROPS;

LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

AUTOCLAVE; CROP PRODUCTION; DECORTICATING; FLAX FIBER; RETTING;

EID: 0242307036     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6690(03)00063-3     Document Type: Article

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