Effect of particle size based separation of milled corn stover on AFEX pretreatment and enzymatic digestibility

Shishir P S Chundawat1, Balan Venkatesh, Bruce E Dale

  • 1Biomass Conversion Research Lab (BCRL), Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA. chundawa@msu.edu

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