Table 6.1 The composition of selected agro-residues
S. no.
Agricultural
residues
Cellulose
(%)
Hemicellulose
(%)
Lignin
(%)
References
1
Rice straw
25–44
20–34
10–26.4
Mussatto and Dragone
(2016), Hassan et al.
(2018), Paul and Dutta
(2018), and
Rangabhashiyam and
Balasubramanian (2019)
2
Wheat straw
30–44.5
20–50
15–22.3
Cai et al. (2017), Dai et al.
(2019), Paul and Dutta
(2018), and Sharma et al.
(2019)
3
Barley straw 30–48
21–38
6.3–26
Cai et al. (2017), Paul and
Dutta (2018),
Rangabhashiyam and
Balasubramanian (2019),
and Harindintwali et al.
(2020)
4
Sorghum
straw
26.93–35
24–32.57
10.16–21 Hernández-Beltrán et al.
(2019), Cai et al. (2017),
and Harindintwali et al.
(2020)
5
Sugarcane
bagasse
18.6–45
12.2–35
10.6–30
Mussatto and Dragone
(2016), Paul and Dutta
(2018), Rangabhashiyam
and Balasubramanian
(2019), Sadhukhan et al.
(2019), and Srivastava
et al. (2019)
6
Com cob
33.7–45
25–45
5–18.8
Cai et al. (2017), Dai et al.
(2019), Paul and Dutta
(2018), and
Rangabhashiyam and
Balasubramanian (2019)
7
Corn stover
29.6–43.9 19.1–32
14–21.8
Huang et al. (2016),
Sadhukhan et al. (2019),
Paul and Dutta (2018),
and Harindintwali et al.
(2020)
8
Rice husk
24–41.05
12–29.3
14.45–26 Hassan et al. (2018),
Mussatto and Dragone
(2016), Dai et al. (2019),
and Sadhukhan et al.
(2019)
9
Poplar
35–53.3
14.8–28.7
15.5–29.1 Kumar et al. (2020), Cai
et al. (2017), and
Rangabhashiyam and
Balasubramanian (2019)
10
Switchgrass
26.8–45
21.9–31.4
12–28
Mussatto and Dragone
(2016), Dai et al. (2019),
Paul and Dutta (2018),
Srivastava et al. (2019),
and Sharma et al. (2019)
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