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The use of ultra-sonics in cellulose production from straw, grasses and similar material

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As oil seeds and cereals constitute important crops in many areas wherever agriculture is practized, the varied industrial requirements from products derived from these crops, provide a continuous stimulus for agricultural and industrial research.

While progress has been made in developing varieties suited for different climatic conditions in the world, there is a pressing need for an intensified breeding program in which particular emphasis is placed not only on such features as an increased yield, earliness in maturity, high protein or oil content etc, but also on the suitability of straw and stalks for cellulose production. Therefore an attempt was made to analyse sunflower stalks for their suitability as a source for α-, β-and γ-cellulose. Besides that we were able to show that Ultra-Sonic waves can induce favorable biochemical reactions, it was logical to try if by means of such sonic treatments sunflowers could become an important source for paper-pulp and textile fiber, and become herewith a double purpose crop.

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Obolensky, G. The use of ultra-sonics in cellulose production from straw, grasses and similar material. Plant Food Hum Nutr 5, 134–144 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01099866

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