research area of Blummel, Michael, Deputy Program Leader - Feed and Forage Development, ILRI, ICRISAT
subject area of Ethanol from laccase-detoxified lignocellulose by the thermotolerant yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus—Effects of steam pretreatment conditions, process configurations and substrate loadings Influence of larval density, substrate moisture content and feedstock ratio on life history traits of black soldier fly larvae Liquid hot water treatment of rice straw enhances anaerobic degradation and inhibits methane production during in vitro ruminal fermentation. Long glucan chains reduce in vitro starch digestibility of freshly cooked and retrograded milled rice Maintaining the yield of edible rice in a warming world Methodological considerations in using gas production techniques for estimating ruminal microbial efficiencies for silage-based diets ☆ Prediction of forage intake using in vitro gas production methods: Comparison of multiphase fermentation kinetics measured in an automated gas test, and combined gas volume and substrate degradability measurements in a manual syringe system Some properties of 3-phosphoglycerate phosphatase from developing rice grain. Sweet sorghum juice as an alternate substrate for fermentative hydrogen production: evaluation of influencing parameters using DOE statistical approach. Temporal variation in rooting of Annickia chlorantha leafy stem cuttings Unraveling the effects of laccase treatment on enzymatic hydrolysis of steam-exploded wheat straw Urea plus nitrate pretreatment of rice and wheat straws enhances degradation and reduces methane production in in vitro ruminal culture.