Evaluation of Alkali and Cellulose Solvent Pretreatments for Fermentable Sugar Production from the Biomass of Phragmites Karka (retz.) Trin. Ex Steud.: a High Biomass Producing Grass

Phragmites karka is one of the fast growing halophytes known to accumulate high biomass in a short span of time. In this study, we evaluated the potential of P. karka biomass from the Chilika Lagoon of India for the production of glucose which can possibly be converted into ethanol. Compositional analysis of biomass of P. karka was carried out and it was found that the biomass contained 33.12