A field survey was carried out to investigate kenaf plants cultivated in Telaga Papan, Terengganu, Malaysia with respecting to their performance, root galling and growth characteristics. In this investigation, the aims were to assess the status of nematode infection on kenaf planted on this sandy BRIS area and estimate the incidence and severity of infection. Inspection of kenaf plants showed d...

This study evaluates the pre-treatment of cellulose from kenaf plant to yield sugar precursors for the production of ethanol or butanol for use as biofuel additives. In order to convert the crystalline cellulosic form to the amorphous form that can undergo enzymatic hydrolysis of the glycosidic bond to yield sugars, kenaf pulp samples were subjected to two different pre-treatment processes. In ...

Chemically modified kenaf core fibres were prepared via esterification in the presence of citric acid (CA). The adsorption kinetics and isotherm studies were carried out under different conditions to examine the adsorption efficiency of CA-treated kenaf core fibres towards methylene blue (MB). The adsorption capacity of the kenaf core fibres increased significantly after the citric acid treatme...

Abstract. Cellulose is one of the most abundant molecules on planet that presence in all plant cell walls Napier grass and bamboo. has been extensively used industries like textile, food, composites, pharmaceuticals, due to its outstanding properties. This research project aims obtain a yield cellulose from grass, bamboo Kenaf fiber by manipulating operating condition alkaline treatment. The ex...

Cadmium is one of the most hazardous metals in environment, even when present at very low concentrations. This study reports systematic development Kenaf fiber biochar as an adsorbent for removal cadmium (Cd) (II) ions from water. The was aided by optimization tool. Activated prepared using physicochemical activation method, consisting pre-impregnation with NaOH and nitrogen (N2) pyrolysis. inf...

Soda pulping was performed using kenaf stalk, core, and bast as raw materials. It was observed that all these components could yield good paper characteristics when the resulting pulps were beaten to a freeness of 200 to 300 mL. Soda pulp made from the stalk was comparable to the frond from oil palm in sheet properties, but the latter would require higher beating energy to reach similar freenes...

Kenaf is an important bast fiber crop. In order to diversify the available kenaf simple sequence repeat (SSR) molecular markers and generate potentially useful for breeding, we developed expression tag (EST-SSR) based on lead-stressed transcriptome sequencing data spliced unigene sequences. Additionally, distribution of SSRs in potential functions SSR-containing genes were determined. Moreover,...