Water absorption characteristics of kenaf core to use as animal bedding material

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-79

  Lips, Steef J J ^a   Iñiguez de Heredia, Goretti M ^a   Op den Kamp, Richard G M ^a   van Dam, Jan E G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal bedding; Hibiscus cannabinus L.; Kenaf; Water absorption; Woody core

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BAST FIBERS; CROPS; EXTRACTION; FIBERS; HEMP;

ASIAN COUNTRIES; BAST FIBRES; BEDDING MATERIALS; ECONOMICAL PRODUCTIONS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; HIBISCUS CANNABINUS L.; KENAF; KENAF CORE PARTICLES; KENAF CORES; MOISTURE ABSORPTIONS; POTENTIAL MARKETS; WATER ABSORPTION CAPACITIES; WOODY CORE;

WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; CROP PRODUCTION; HERB;

ABSORPTION; BAST FIBERS; EXTRACTION; FARM CROPS; FIBERS; HEMP; KENAF; WATER ABSORPTION;

ANIMALIA; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS CANNABINUS;

ABSORBENCY; ABSORPTION; BAST FIBER; BEDDING; CROP PRODUCTION; EXTRACTION METHOD; FIBER; KENAF; YIELD;

EID: 56649085168     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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