Cell wall lignification and degradability

Forage Cell Wall Structure and Digestibility

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 315-346

  Jung, H G ^a   Deetz, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial fermentation; Cell wall degradability; Cell wall lignification; Cinnamyl alcohols; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Lignin composition; Lignin concentration; Phenylpropanoid polymer; Polysaccharides; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102324025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/1993.foragecellwall.c13     Document Type: Chapter

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