Some researches have been carried out not only for adding the value of this
agricultural byproduct but also for diminishing of solid waste.
Reddy reported that soybean straw could be a suitable material for 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.