Table 1.
Cell wall composition and lignocellulose crystalline index inMiscanthussamples
| Pair | Sample |
Cell wall composition (% Dry matter) |
CrI& |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cellulose | Hemicelluloses | Lignin | Raw material | ||||||
|
I |
Mlu26 (H) § |
29.86 ± 1.47 |
5%@ |
25.84 ± 0.73** |
25% |
25.10 ± 0.11 |
−4% |
39.15 |
−28% |
| Msi34 (L) |
28.30 ± 0.58 |
20.04 ± 0.44 |
26.19 ± 0.41 |
51.77 |
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|
II |
Mfl03 (H) |
26.85 ± 0.71** |
−29% |
19.57 ± 0.27 |
−3% |
24.91 ± 1.40 |
−6% |
46.26 |
−19% |
| Mlu01 (L) |
35.88 ± 1.62 |
20.09 ± 0.42 |
26.36 ± 0.49 |
55.9 |
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|
III |
Mfl40 (H) |
30.66 ± 0.55 |
−7% |
22.31 ± 0.16** |
15% |
21.99 ± 0.30** |
−31% |
45.79 |
−27% |
| Msa02 (L) |
32.96 ± 2.52 |
19.28 ± 0.46 |
29.95 ± 0.63 |
59.83 |
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|
IV |
Msi56 (H) |
36.70 ± 0.64** |
35% |
27.00 ± 0.57** |
39% |
24.40 ± 0.33 |
2% |
38.92 |
−21% |
| Mfl04 (L) |
25.81 ± 0.63 |
18.12 ± 0.20 |
23.89 ± 0.52 |
47.86 |
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|
V |
Msa20 (H) |
27.10 ± 1.22 |
−1% |
24.70 ± 0.32** |
25% |
27.38 ± 0.39** |
22% |
46.13 |
4% |
| Mfl08 (L) |
27.27 ± 0.44 |
19.12 ± 0.11 |
21.90 ± 0.54 |
44.48 |
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|
VI |
Mfl27 (H) |
27.86 ± 0.70** |
−31% |
19.22 ± 0.65* |
−10% |
20.49 ± 0.64** |
−37% |
33.84 |
−31% |
| Mlu12 (L) | 38.07 ± 0.37 | 21.16 ± 0.02 | 29.80 ± 0.29 | 46.29 | |||||
* and ** A significant difference at pair by t-test at p < 0.05 and 0.01 (n = 3); @ Percentage of the increased or decreased level at pair: subtraction of two samples divided by means of two values at pair; & CrI method was detected at ±0.05 ~ 0.15 (n = 5); § (H) or (L) Indicated the sample in the pair with high (H) or low (L) biomass digestibility.