The potato is grown and consumed all over the world,
and a large number of processed food industries market
potato-based products. Although, potato peel does not
pose serious disposal and environmental problems,
meaningful utilization of this nutrient-rich waste has not
drawn much attention. Earlier, Banana waste has also
been used as a substrate for -amylase production
(Krishana and Chandrasekaran, 1996; Kokab et al.,
2003) and many studies has been carried out on amylase
production using agriculture waste materials (Nimkar et
al., 2010; Singh et al., 2010).
During the course of this st