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Table 3 Optimized harvest scenarios based on desired sugar and ammonia fiber expansion ammonia loading.

From: Optimizing harvest of corn stover fractions based on overall sugar yields following ammonia fiber expansion pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis

Harvest scenario

A

B

C

Optimized sugar

Glucose/total

Xylose

Xylose

Ammonia loading

(g NH3g-1dry SHCS)

1.0, 1.5

1.0

1.5

Best fraction

Husk

Husk

Cob

 

Leaf

Stem

Husk

 

Stem

Cob

Stem

Worst fraction

Cob

Leaf

Leaf

  1. SHCC, selectively harvested corn stover