Enzyme-treated Wheat Straw-based PVOH Bio-composites: Development and Characterization

Enzyme-treated Wheat Straw-based PVOH Bio- composites: Development and Characterization

Valorization of lignocellulosic waste residues in the development of potential biodegradable composites has been of recent research interest. Recent research has shown that wheat straw can be used as a reinforcement material for the synthesis of novel polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH)based composites. However, certain pretreatment methodology needs to be used for the selective removal of the lignin comp...

Review article on wheat flour/wheat bran/wheat husk based bio composites

In recent years, extensive studies have been carried out on natural fiber reinforced thermoplastics due to their low cost, high specific properties, simple fabrication methods, biodegradable nature and diverse applications touching all commercial sectors. The challenge is to make composites with properties that are not overly compromised by the use of low technology. In this work, we review the...

Broiler Litter and Urea-treated Wheat Straw as Feedstuffs

Thirty-two Alpine doelings (15 wk of age, 12 ± 2.05 kg) were randomly allocated to four treatments to evaluate the use of deep-stacked broiler litter (BL) and urea-treated wheat straw (UWS) as feedstuffs. In all treatments, UWS or untreated wheat straw (WS) was fed for ad libitum consumption along with a concentrate supplement fed at a prescribed percentage of BW. Treatments were: U B a corn-ba...

Characterization of Regenerated Cellulose for Bio-based Epoxy Fibrous Composites

Microbial degradation in the rumen of wheat straw and anhydrous ammonia treated wheat straw observed by electron microscopy.

With the exception of the phloem and the crown of the parenchyma, which borders the medullary lacuna, the walls of the tissues of both treated and untreated straw were lignified. The walls of the treated straw were not fluorescent in the ultraviolet probably because the treatment had modified the phenolic acids. They also had a stronger reaction to Schiff reagent particularly in the sclerenchym...