Table 1.

Composition of agricultural residues used in this study

S/no.	Substrate	Cellulose (%)	Hemicellulose (%)	Lignin (%)
1	Finger millet hulls	25 ± 0.73	32 ± 1.38	4 ± 1.66
2	Sorghum hulls	39 ± 0.82	35 ± 0.07	4 ± 0.11
3	Banana peels	11 ± 1.12	9 ± 0.08	3 ± 0.55
4	Corn stalk	30 ± 1.19	33 ± 2.63	15 ± 0.67
5	Cassava peels	39 ± 0.34	25 ± 0.41	8 ± 0.52
6	Saw dust	44 ± 1.77	17 ± 0.14	21 ± 1.92
7	Sheanut cake	26 ± 0.26	9 ± 0.33	21 ± 0.09
8	Rice straw	35 ± 1.31	27 ± 1.97	16 ± 2.01
9	Soybean hulls	35 ± 0.12	16 ± 0.21	4 ± 0.19
10	Sugarcane bagasse	45 ± 0.52	26 ± 0.34	19 ± 0.13
11	Groundnut husk	36 ± 1.41	20 ± 0.88	25 ± 1.03

Values are means ± standard deviations