Prospects for the bioethanol production from sugarcane feedstock: Focus on Brazil

Sugarcane: Production, Cultivation and Uses

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 159-186

  Giese, Ellen Cristine ^a   Chandel, Anuj Kumar ^a   dos Santos Oliveira, Ivy ^a   da Silva, Silvio Silvério ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Brazil; Fermentation; Leaves; Sugarcane; Sugarcane bagasse

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EID: 84884265809     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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