Exploitation of bacterial pectinolytic strains for improvement of hemp water retting

Euphytica

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 47-54

  Tamburini, Elena ^a   León, Alicia Gordillo ^b   Perito, Brunella ^b   Di Candilo, Mario ^c   Mastromei, Giorgio ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Flax; Hemp; Polygalacturonase; Water retting

Indexed keywords

EID: 16444385875     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-004-4754-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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