Components
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Composition of rice straw (expressed as the percentage of oven dried, %)
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UTRS
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AC1RS
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AC2RS
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Structural components:
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1. Structural carbohydrates
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57.8 ± 0.6
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57.2 ± 0.3
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57.8 ± 0.4
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Glucan
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34.4 ± 0.6
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33.8 ± 0.2
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34.6 ± 0.4
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Xylan
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19.7 ± 0.2
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19.8 ± 0.2
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19.5 ± 0.1
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Arabinan
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3.7 ± 0.1
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3.6 ± 0.0
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3.7 ± 0.1
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2. Lignin
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19.8 ± 0.8
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15.4 ± 0.8
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15.8 ± 1.0
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3. Acetyl group
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1.6 ± 0.1
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1.4 ± 0.1
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1.7 ± 0.0
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Non-structural components:
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1. Ash
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14.1 ± 0.2
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13.5 ± 0.1
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13.4 ± 0.2
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2. Nitrogen (native)
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0.5 ± 0.2
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0.5 ± 0.2
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0.5 ± 0.2
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3. Nitrogen (AFEX)
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NA
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2.5 ± 0.4
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3.7 ± 0.4
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4. Extractives
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6.7 ± 1.8
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11.8 ± 1.4
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12.8 ± 1.0
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- All values are means of duplicate ± standard deviation; NA – Not applicable.