Ethanol from lignocellulosic crops

Industrial Crops and Uses

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 104-139

  Takamizawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Anderson, William ^b   Singh, Hari P ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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