Composition of Litter | Microbiology
The organic constituents of plant that give structural topography generally contain six broad groups of constituents as given below: (i) Cellulose: Cellulose is the most abundant chemical constituent of a cell. It is a carbohydrate composed of glucose units linked by P-linkages at 1 and 4 carbon atoms of sugars. Total number of glucose units varies from 2000 to 10,000. [...]