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| Title: | Utilization of pineapple leaf agro-waste for extraction of fibre and the residual biomass for vermicomposting |
| Authors: | Banik, Shyamal
Nag, Debasis
Debnath, Sanjoy |
| Keywords: | Agro-waste
 -cellulose
Hydrophobic waxy layer
Pineapple leaf fibre
Pineapple leaf scratching machine
Retting
Vermicomposting |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | A special type of machine with metal knife
scrapper roller and serrated roller has been developed and used to scrap out
the waxy layer and at the same time macerating and breaking the leaf surface
for ease of retting to extract the pineapple leaf fibres. Pineapple leaf
contains 2.5-3.5% strong, white and silky textile grade fibre embedded by a top
waxy layer within the leaf. After removing the top waxy layer, fibre has been
extracted from the pineapple leaf by retting in water. The residual green
sludge has been used for vermicomposting after appropriate treatment using
earthworm species African night crawler (Eudrilus eugeniae) as
inoculums. The vermicomposting process was complete within 45 days. This
vermicompost from pineapple leaf agro-waste is found to be rich in plant
nutrients. The combined technology package for the extraction of fibre from
pineapple leaf and utilization of the residual biomass debris from the
pineapple leaf scratching machine for vermicomposting is economically viable
and remunerative for the pineapple cultivators. |
| Page(s): | 172-177 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1025 (Online); 0971-0426 (Print) |
| Source: | IJFTR Vol.36(2) [June 2011]
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