The Potential of Cellulosic Ethanol Production from Grasses in Thailand

<table>18 samples of grasses collected from Chiang Mai, Lampang, Ratchaburi, and Petchburi provinces. Forage grasses (a–h), (a) napier grass (<i>Pennisetum purpureum</i>), (b) dwarf napier grass (<i>P. purpureum</i> cv. <i>Mott</i>), (c) king napier grass (<i>P. purpureum </i>cv. King Grass), (d) bana grass <i>(P. purpureum × P. americanum</i>), (e) purple guinea grass (<i>Panicum maximum</i> TD 58), (f) ruzi grass (<i>Brachiaria ruziziensis</i>), (g) pangola grass (<i>Digitaria decumbens</i>), (h) atratum grass (<i>Paspalum atratum</i>) and (i) vetiver grasses.</table>

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Figure 1: The Potential of Cellulosic Ethanol Production from Grasses in Thailand 