Evaluation of alternatives to guar gum as tackifiers for hydromulch and as clumping agents for biodegradable cat litter

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 798-801

  Vaughn, Steven F ^a   Kenar, James A ^a   Felker, Frederick C ^a   Berhow, Mark A ^a   Cermak, Steven C ^a   Evangelista, Roque L ^a   Fanta, George F ^a   Behle, Robert W ^a   Lee, Edward ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Summit Seed Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Guar; Gums; Inclusion complex

Indexed keywords

AMYLOSE CONTENT; APPLICATION RATES; CAMELINA; EROSION CONTROL; GUAR; GUAR GUMS; GUMS; HIGH AMYLOSE; INCLUSION COMPLEX; LESQUERELLA; MATERIAL COST; METHYL CELLULOSE; PRICE INCREASE; SIMULATED RAINFALL; STEAM JET; TACKIFIERS; WAXY CORN STARCH; WAXY STARCHES; XANTHAN GUM;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CELLULOSE; LIGNIN; RAIN; VEHICLES;

STARCH;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FELID; LEGUME; LITTER; MULCHING; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT EXTRACT; RAINFALL; SODIUM; STARCH;

CAMELINA; CAMELINA SATIVA; CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; PHYSARIA (ANGIOSPERM); PHYSARIA FENDLERI; PLANTAGO; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84866266458     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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