Cellulose microfibril angle in the cell wall of wood fibres

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 461-472

  Barnett, J R ^a   Bonham, Victoria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Fibres; Microfibril; Microfibril angle; Secondary wall; Tracheids; Wood properties

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE;

CELL WALL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FIBER; FORESTRY; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; TREE; WOOD; WOOD PULP;

CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; HARDNESS; MICROFIBRILS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 2542485604     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1464793103006377     Document Type: Review

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