Chemical composition and pulping of banana pseudo-stems

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-154

  Cordeiro, N ^a   Belgacem, M N ^b   Torres, I C ^a   Moura, J C V P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^b INP Grenoble EFPG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agricultural residues; Annual plant; Fibres properties; Musa acuminata Colla; Non wood pulp; Soda anthraquinone pulps

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; GROWTH KINETICS; KRAFT PULP; POLYSACCHARIDES; TISSUE;

KAPPA NUMBER; PULPING;

CROPS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FRUIT; STEM;

MUSA; MUSA ACUMINATA;

EID: 1242321203     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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