date:Oct 22, 2012
ss is produced every year, of which agricultural residues form a major chunk. Some of the agricultural residues are diverted for production of animal feed, compost, mushrooms and in paper making, however, a significant portion of the biomass is either dumped in municipal bins to rot or burnt leading to environmental pollution.
Agricultural residues, because of their composition in terms of cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin and phenolics could serve as ideal sources/substrates for production of