date:Jan 17, 2013
o polystyrene and polypropylene, the compounds used to make white, spongy food packages.
Processors generate tons of sugar beet pulp annually. Finding profitable uses for it is critical for the long-term economic viability of U.S. agribusiness. Now, ARS Chemist LinShu Liu and Plant Physiologist Arland Hotchkiss have found a variety of new uses for sugar beet pulp.
In collaboration with Professor Jinwen Zhang of Washington State University, Liu and his colleagues developed the thermoplastic, wh