Sorghum as whole-crop feedstock for integrated production of fermentable sugars

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 645-647

  Wu, Long ^a   Gau, Mitsuru ^b   Takai, Tomoyuki ^b   Kasuga, Shigemitsu ^c   Yun, Min Soo ^a   Tokuyasu, Ken ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biorefinery; Cellulase; Digestibility; Hexose; Lignocellulose; Recalcitrance

Indexed keywords

BIOREFINERIES; CELLULASE; DIGESTIBILITY; HEXOSE; LIGNOCELLULOSE; RECALCITRANCE;

CELLULOSE; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; GLUCOSE; STARCH;

CROPS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULOSE; DIGESTIBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PRODUCTION; LIGNIN; REFINING INDUSTRY; SORGHUM; SUGAR;

EID: 84880343135     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.06.020     Document Type: Article

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