The study aims to extend the range of resources from which ethanol may be made from sugar cane bagasse which is used primarily for preparation of pulp and paper. Seven fungal strains isolated from sediment and degraded wood of pulp and paper mill effluent in which one strain identified by 18S rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) as Cryptococcus albidus had higher decolourization and delignifi...

Trials were conducted to determine comparative changes with time in weight, juice quality and recoverable sugar of whole stalk and chopped sugarcane of several varieties, and to study the effect of billet size on rate of deterioration. In addition, an estimate was made of size distribution of billets from a chopper harvester. It was concluded that under hot, humid conditions chopped cane deteri...