• Sunita R. Mukkawar

Agricultural residue like banana waste is one of the major biomass categories that can be used for various purposes. The aim of this work is to determine chemical composition of banana leaves, pseudo-stem and rhizome which are thrown in field as waste. The promising cultivars popularly grown in Nanded district of Maharashtra which have been taken for this study were Ardhapuri-1, Ardhapuri-2 and tissue culture variety, G-9. Experiments were carried out to know their moisture content (%), cellulose content (%), hemicellulose content (%), lignin content (%) and ash content (%). Moisture content was found highest (96.70%, 97.70% and 95.90%) in the pseudostem whereas lowest in the rhizome (90.30 %, 87.20% and 90.90%) in all the three varieties respectively as mentioned above. Cellulose content was found lowest (10.74%) in the rhizome of Ardhapuri-2 cultivar and highest (33.84%) in the leaves of G-9 cultivar. Hemicellulose was found highest (65.40%) in the rhizome of G-9 cultivar whereas lowest (19.77%) in the leaves of Ardhapuri – 2. Highest content of lignin (9.56%) was observed in pseudostem of Ardhapuri-2 cultivar whereas lowest lignin content (1.04%) was found in rhizome of G-9. Lowest ash content was found in the rhizome and highest in the pseudostem of all the three cultivars indicating pseudostem as rich source of minerals. Rhizome of all the three cultivars showed less percentage of all the analyzed constituents when compared with leaf and pseudostem.

Pseudostem, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, ash, minerals etc.

"CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BANANA (Musa sp.) AGROWASTE: AS A POTENTIAL RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.356-361, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFI06063.pdf

"CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BANANA (Musa sp.) AGROWASTE: AS A POTENTIAL RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. pp356-361, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFI06063.pdf