Refining spent cotton gin trash following essential oil extraction for value added cellulosic sugars

McIntosh, Shane; Palmer, J.; Egbuta, Mary Augustina; Liu, Lei; Vancov, Tony

doi:10.1016/j.biteb.2019.100223

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“…The much higher GM/AX ratio of leaf blade than other biomass products in gin trash may have little impact on biochar products [33]. However, separating leaves from other plant parts may be helpful for extraction of more homogenous sugars from cotton gin trash [34,35].…”

Section: Carbohydrate Profilesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Carbohydrate and Amino Acid Profiles of Cotton Plant Biomass Products

Olk

Tewolde

et al. 2019

Agriculture

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To achieve the optimal and diverse utilization of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) plant residues in various agricultural, industrial, and environmental applications, the chemical composition of cotton biomass tissues across different plant parts (e.g., seed, boll, bur, leaves, stalk, stem, and root) is of essential information. Thus, in this work, we collected field-grown whole mature cotton plants and separated them into distinct biomass fractions including main stems, leaf blades, branches, petioles, roots, and reproductive parts (mid-season growth stage) or bur, peduncles/bract, and seed cotton (pre-defoliation stage). The contents of selected carbohydrates and amino acids in these cotton biomass materials were determined. Both essential and nonessential amino acids were enriched in cotton leaf blades and reproductive parts. The distribution pattern of the selected carbohydrates differed from that of amino acids—higher contents of carbohydrate were found in roots, main stems, and branches. Although glucose was the most abundant non-structural carbohydrate in cotton plant parts at mid-season, xylose was the most abundant in most plant parts at the pre-defoliation stage. Nutritional carbohydrates and amino acids were further accumulated in seeds at pre-defoliation. The information reported in this work would be helpful in exploring and optimizing management practices and processing strategies for utilizing cotton crop biomass materials as valuable and renewable natural resources.

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Section: Carbohydrate Profilesmentioning

confidence: 99%