Effect of Brassica napus cultivar on cellulosic ethanol yield

Table 1 Sugar composition of untreated B. napus straw derived from different cultivars

Cultivar name	Composition (g/kg original air-dry straw)
Cultivar name	Glc	Xyl	UA	Man	Gal	Ara	Rha	Fuc	MC	Other
Canard	315	139	44	16	11	11	4	1	89	370
Canberra x Courage	319	146	39	16	12	9	5	1	95	359
Darmor	299	133	40	18	12	10	5	2	100	381
Erglu	339	145	37	20	14	12	5	2	100	325
Hansen x Gaspard	353	130	38	19	14	10	5	2	100	330
Judzae	342	149	40	21	15	11	6	3	99	314
Licrown x Express	377	146	38	24	13	11	6	1	96	288
Madrical x Recital	331	137	44	20	13	13	5	2	101	334
Major	315	130	44	19	12	9	5	1	95	369
POH285, Bolko	334	145	47	18	13	11	5	1	84	342
Quinta	289	125	34	15	14	14	5	1	95	408
Ramses	292	115	40	15	13	13	5	1	86	419
Sensation NZ	349	148	34	19	13	9	5	1	85	337
Shannon x Winner	320	140	45	18	13	12	5	1	107	339
Slapka Slapy S3	310	134	33	17	11	10	5	1	101	379
Slovenska Krajova	321	135	44	16	12	10	5	1	86	370
York	349	150	40	20	13	9	5	1	102	312
Mean	327	138	40	18	13	11	5	1	95	352
Range	88	35	14	9	4	5	2	2	23	131
Range (% mean)	27	26	35	50	31	48	35	113	24	37
ANOVA (p value)	<0.05	<0.01	<0.001	<0.001	<0.05	<0.001	0.564	<0.01	0.399	–

Values were calculated with a relative standard deviation (RSD) of 3.9, 3.2, 7.3, 2.6, 4.8, 4.8, 6.8, 12.1 and 8.1 % for Glc, Xyl, UA, Man, Gal, Ara, Rha, Fuc and MC, respectively
Glc glucose, Xyl xylose, UA uronic acids, Man mannose, Gal galactose, Ara arabinose, Rha rhamnose, Fuc fucose, MC moisture content, Other other non-carbohydrate matter by difference, ANOVA one-way analysis of variance

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