Litter cellulosic

Plant litter consists mainly of sugars, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, waxes, and polyphe-... 

Erench D. D. (1988) Some effects of changing soil chemistry on decomposition of plant litters and cellulose on a Scottish [UK] moor. Oecologia (Berlin) 75(4), 608-618. 

Plant litter consists mainly of sugars, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, waxes, and polyphenols, and to a smaller extent proteins and cations (Alexander, 1977). The rate of litter decomposition is a function of climate and the composition of the litter. In general, decomposition is most rapid in well-aerated, moist, mesic, and near neutral soils. Cold, humid environments with high water-tables and acidic conditions favor accumulation of undecomposed or partially... 

The synthetic ration, when tested for the essentiality of one element, must be supplemented with all elements contained in the normal feed of the animals. The synthetic ration of the ruminants (goats), in addition to cellulose in the form of purified paper (which was used as litter and nutrient), contained all essential nutrients and all mineral elements present in the normal feed, with the exception of Ra, Fr, Ac, Po, At, Re and the rare earth metals Pr, Nd, Pm, Em, Eu,... 

Decomposition rate constants are negatively correlated to the total fiber content of the organic snbstrate bnt not well correlated to individual components such as cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. A field and laboratory study by Moran et al. (1989) measured the decomposition rates of whole litter and the lignocellulose components of the litter for the emergent macrophytes S. alterniflora and C. walteriana. Decomposition of individual carbon fractions varied with the rate of decomposition in the order of cellulose > hemicellulose > lignin (Figure 5.38, Moran et al., 1989). 

About 4.5 trillion cigarette butts made of cellulose acetate fiber is discarded as litter each year In addition to the fire hazard associated with carelessly discarded buts, the possibihty of their leaching out the concentrated trapped chemicals into soil water has been raised. 

Slow biodegradation of common polymers such as PE, PET, or PP does occur in nature (Shah et al., 2008 Tsao et al., 1993) but at rates that are several orders of magnitude lower than that observed with biopolymers such as cellulose and chitosan or biodegradable synthetic polymers such as PCL. These rates are too low to have any significant impact on litter management, and conventional plastics as are not... 

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