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Table 1 Compositional summary statistics for 36 sugarcane samples across two commercial genotypes

From: Variation in sugarcane biomass composition and enzymatic saccharification of leaves, internodes and roots

 

% Cellulose (AIR)

% Hemicellulose (AIR)

% Lignin (AIR)

% Ash (AIR)

% Other (AIR)

% Total extractives (DW)

Range

16.7

15.6

24.3

6.2

52.7

60.1

Minimum

14.5

9.9

7.9

0

13.4

12.9

Maximum

31.3

25.5

32.2

6.2

66

73

S.D

5.3

4.4

4.9

1.6

11.4

21.9

Mean

23.2

19

17.5

1.3

40.3

42.1

Literature Range

33–60

21–34

4–31

5–68

  1. All values are reported on an extractive free basis, otherwise known as alcohol-insoluble residue (AIR), except for total extractives, which are reported on a dry weight (DW) basis. Literature range adapted from [19, 30, 36]. It is important to note here that the reason cellulose and hemicellulose values fall outside of the literature range is likely due to the inclusion of the large “other” fraction included in the AIR calculation. Further, the mixed-link β-glucan (MLG) fraction was also subtracted from the cellulose fraction, which was not the case in literature range studies