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Fig. 5

From: The sequential microbial breakdown of pectin is the principal incident during water retting of jute (Corchorus spp.) bast fibres

Fig. 5

SEM micrographs (controlled retting with microbial formulation) of longitudinal sections of jute stems. (a, b) Intact epidermal layer on the outer surface of nonretted stems (day 0); (c, d) In midretted (day 7) stems, cementing material peels away from the outer surface, and fibre strands become visible; (e, f) Distinct fibre strands with no cementing material present on the outer surface in retted fibre samples (day 10)

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