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Physico-chemical characterisation of plant residues for industrial and feed use

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9789400911314

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Physico-chemical characterisation of plant residues for industrial and feed use

[Book]

edited by A. Chesson and E.R. Ørskov.

London ; New York

Elsevier Applied Science ; New York, NY, USA : Sole distributor in the USA and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co.

©1989.

(vi, 170 pages) : illustrations

Use of modern NMR spectroscopy in plant cell wall research.- Near- and mid-infrared studies of the cell wall structure of cereal straw in relation to its rumen degradability.- An introduction to pyrolysis mass spectrometry of lignocellulosic material: case studies on barley straw, corn stem and Agropyron.- Cell wall autofluorescence.- Light microscopy and histology of lignocellulose related to biodegradation.- Electron microscopy as a method to evaluate structure and degradation of plant cell walls.- Some properties of cell wall layers determining ruminant digestion.- Identification and importance of polyphenolic compounds in crop residues.- 13C-NMR spectroscopy of lignins and lignocellulosic materials.- Lignin characterisation of wheat straw samples as determined by chemical degradation procedures.- Determination of phenolic compounds from lignocellulosic by-products by HPLC with electrochemical detector.- Electrochemical approaches to the oxidative degradation of lignins and lignocellulosic materials.- Methods for the evaluation of lignin properties suitable for conversion.- Comparison of chemical and biological methods for predicting feed intakes and animal performance.- Recommendations.- List of Participants.

Crop residues -- Utilization -- Congresses.

Crop residues as feed -- Congresses.

Plant cell walls -- Congresses.

edited by A. Chesson and E.R. Ørskov.

A Chesson

Commission of the European Communities.

E R Ørskov

Rowett Research Institute.

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