Lynne Wong's PhD thesis

Table 4.26. Predicted Brix-free water of reconstituted dry leaf, green leaf and cane stalk aged 52 weeks.
Sample* Mass fraction Experimental Brix-free water/% Predicted Brix-free water/% of
Dry leaf Green leaf Rind Stalk Dry leaf Green leaf Rind Stalk reconstituted
fibre fines fibre fines fibre fines fibre pith fibre fines fibre fines fibre fines fibre pith Dry leaf Green leaf Cane stalk
R 579 1 0.552 0.448 0.688 0.312 0.377 0.135 0.229 0.259 14.92 16.86 14.00 14.41 11.58 15.76 10.55 23.94 16.88 15.23 16.21
2 0.578 0.422 0.685 0.315 0.336 0.188 0.176 0.300 15.11 17.16 14.16 12.43 12.10 16.66 10.25 22.74 17.08 14.71 16.92
3 0.605 0.395 0.649 0.351 0.380 0.195 0.128 0.296 15.77 17.03 13.83 13.55 11.95 14.89 10.88 26.18 17.36 14.83 17.70
Mean 0.578 0.422 0.674 0.326 0.365 0.172 0.178 0.285 15.26 17.02 14.00 13.46 11.87 15.77 10.56 24.29 17.10 14.92 16.95
R 570 1 0.589 0.411 0.616 0.384 0.363 0.179 0.197 0.262 14.57 17.31 12.53 14.60 10.80 10.00 10.84 26.60 16.79 14.43 15.90
2 0.622 0.378 0.700 0.300 0.293 0.315 0.164 0.228 15.73 16.55 13.53 13.24 10.82 10.84 11.09 23.13 17.13 14.54 14.78
3 0.528 0.472 0.697 0.303 0.385 0.227 0.146 0.242 14.79 17.36 11.96 13.23 11.15 10.27 11.89 22.13 17.10 13.45 14.81
Mean 0.579 0.421 0.671 0.329 0.347 0.240 0.169 0.244 15.03 17.07 12.67 13.69 10.92 10.37 11.27 23.95 16.99 14.11 15.13
M 1557/70 1 0.550 0.450 0.710 0.290 0.364 0.245 0.138 0.253 15.52 13.94 14.85 16.10 11.09 12.48 14.19 18.59 15.91 16.31 14.85
2 0.564 0.436 0.700 0.300 0.395 0.180 0.183 0.241 15.50 14.64 15.28 17.87 15.37 16.42 13.38 23.33 16.22 17.15 18.21
3 0.583 0.417 0.701 0.299 0.385 0.188 0.164 0.264 14.43 15.07 15.03 18.09 12.38 13.92 11.66 20.46 15.79 17.04 15.78
Mean 0.566 0.434 0.704 0.296 0.381 0.204 0.162 0.253 15.15 14.55 15.05 17.35 12.94 14.27 13.08 20.79 15.99 16.83 16.32
M 1400/86 1 0.586 0.414 0.754 0.246 0.294 0.223 0.171 0.312 14.39 12.85 14.48 14.90 13.31 16.35 14.24 23.30 14.85 15.68 18.36
2 0.577 0.423 0.689 0.311 0.369 0.222 0.144 0.265 13.43 13.28 14.79 14.94 12.01 13.28 12.73 20.42 14.46 15.94 15.73
3 0.555 0.445 0.727 0.273 0.429 0.219 0.126 0.226 13.65 16.45 14.01 14.75 12.41 13.89 10.55 21.90 15.99 15.31 15.74
Mean 0.572 0.428 0.723 0.277 0.364 0.221 0.147 0.268 13.82 14.19 14.43 14.86 12.57 14.50 12.51 21.87 15.08 15.64 16.58
R 570 (2001) 1 0.433 0.567 0.691 0.309 0.360 0.251 0.129 0.260 14.28 15.13 14.16 13.74 12.58 13.49 10.79 17.86 15.86 15.13 15.05
2 0.395 0.605 0.665 0.335 0.363 0.222 0.134 0.281 14.55 14.58 14.48 12.19 13.38 13.30 10.82 16.22 15.67 14.81 14.92
3 0.345 0.655 0.701 0.299 0.363 0.185 0.133 0.319 14.42 14.00 14.06 11.82 14.56 12.32 12.27 16.49 15.24 14.49 15.56
Mean 0.391 0.609 0.685 0.315 0.362 0.220 0.132 0.287 14.41 14.57 14.23 12.58 13.51 13.03 11.29 16.86 15.61 14.81 15.17
16.15 15.26 16.03
* Samples were harvested in 2003 except where indicated.