Characterization of crop residues from false banana /Ensete ventricosum/ in Ethiopia in view of a full-resource valorization.

False banana /Ensete ventricosum [Welw.] Cheesman/ is exploited as a food crop in Ethiopia where it represents an important staple food. The plant is harvested and large amounts of biomass residues are originated, mainly from the pseudo stem (i.e., fiber bundles obtained from the leaf sheaths after...

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Main Authors: Hanna Berhanu, Zebene Kiflie, Isabel Miranda, Ana Lourenço, Joana Ferreira, Sisay Feleke, Abubeker Yimam, Helena Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6033405?pdf=render