Table 3.
Effect of steaming time and species of sawdust on water holding capacity

Species of sawdust	Steaming time (min)	Water holding capacity (%)
Pine sawdust	0	32.2 ± 0.9 b*
	10	31.3 ± 0.6 b
	20	31.0 ± 1.3 b
	30	30.7 ± 1.5 a
Oak sawdust	0	47.1 ± 0.8 c
	10	47.8 ± 1.0 b
	20	49.1 ± 0.8 b
	30	49.2 ± 0.8 a

Mean separation within columns each species by Duncan’s multiple range test at p = 0.05