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The research described in this report was a further effort to determine the potential of woody plants and forest waste not normally used commercially as a source of wood pulp. The results of previous studies of this subject have been reported in several technical journals and as LSA Experiment Station Bulletins over a period of several years.
It was concluded that the only feasible way of harvesting this type of material for pulping would be as a whole plant. The small size and large proportions of bark and small branches would preclude any kind of barkwood separation process. If species of this kind and size could be grown and harvested as a crop, it might be possible to improve pulping yield and pulp characteristics by selectively pulping species, using optimum pulping conditions which might vary with the species.
Document Type
Bulletin
ISSN
1070-1494
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Publication Date
1978
Publisher
Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station
City
Orono
Keywords
Maine, pulping, shrubs, trees, biomass
Disciplines
Agriculture
Recommended Citation
Chase, Andrew I. and Young, Harold E.. 1978. B749: Pulping, Biomass, and Nutrient Studies of Woody Shrub and Shrub Sizes of Tree Species. Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station Bulletins .
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/aes_bulletin/90
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