Analysis of the chemical composition and morphological structure of banana pseudo-stem

BioResources

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 576-585

  Li, Kun ^a   Fu, Shiyu ^a   Zhan, Huaiyu ^a   Zhan, Yao ^a   Lucia, Lucian A ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banana pseudo stem; Chemical analysis; Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM); Light Microscopy (LM); Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; BANANA PSEUDO-STEM; BANANA STEM; BARRIER FILMS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; HOLOCELLULOSE; LIGHT MICROSCOPY; LIGHT MICROSCOPY (LM); LIGNIN CONTENTS; MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; NON-WOOD FIBERS; POTENTIAL VALUES; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SEM;

CHEMICALS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FRUITS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956071613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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