Elucidation of the fibrous structure of Musaceae maturate rachis

Cellulose

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-139

  Gañán, Piedad ^a   Zuluaga, Robin ^a   Cruz, Javier ^a   Vélez, Juan M ^b   Retegi, Aloña ^c   Mondragon, Iñaki ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural residues; Cellulose microfibrils; Fiber bundles; Fibrous structure; Hierarchical arrangement; Morphology; Musaceae plants

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELLULOSE MICROFIBRILS; FIBER BUNDLES; MUSACEAE PLANTS;

CELLULOSE;

ANATOMY; CELLULOSE FIBERS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FIBER STRUCTURE; FIBRILS; MICROSCOPES; PLANT RESIDUES; PLANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGRICULTURE; MICROFIBER; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL FIBER;

EID: 38049013787     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-007-9150-z     Document Type: Article

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