Reddy reported that soybeanstraw couldbe a suitablematerialfor
the preparation of natural cellulose fiber, which has higher
breaking tenacity (2.7 g/den) and breaking elongation (3.9%) than
those of fibers obtained from wheat straw, sorghum stalk and
leaves but lower than that of cotton. There is also a growing
interest in bioconversion of soybean straw to cellulosic ethanol.
Soybean straw contains about 44–48% of cellulose, 12–15% of
hemicelluloses, 5–14% of lignin and only 2–5% of ash. The high
fixed-carbon and low ash content are favorable properties for the
preparation of AC