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A laboratory‐scale pulper for leafy plant material
Author(s) -
Davys M. N. G.,
Pirie N. W.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
biotechnology and bioengineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1097-0290
pISSN - 0006-3592
DOI - 10.1002/bit.260110319
Subject(s) - leafy , pulp (tooth) , yield (engineering) , leafy vegetables , scale (ratio) , extraction (chemistry) , pulp and paper industry , environmental science , botany , agronomy , biology , horticulture , engineering , chemistry , materials science , chromatography , geography , composite material , medicine , pathology , cartography
A machine is described that, makes, from 2 to 3 kg samples of leaf, a pulp comparable to that made by the large‐scale equipment used in leaf protein extraction. It is therefore suitable for use in agronomic experiments on leaf protein yield.