Polysaccharides Used in the Agricultural Field: A Review

Abstract

Polysaccharide is naturally occurring carbohydrates with long chain structure that derived from various plants and plant’s products, algae, fungi and some microorganism which are emerged as versatile, maintainable materials which shows applicability towards agricultural fields. Their inherent biodegradable, biocompatible, film forming nature and capability to alter water holding, systematic release of nutrients that represents them as conditioners of soil, seed covering, sustainable release of fertilizers, biopesticide haulers, insulating films and safeguard of post harvesting. In this review we emphasized to the sources and constituents of agricultural polysaccharides as cellulose, starch, pectin, alginate, chitosan, gaur, xanthan and carrageenan, their extraction scheme, extraction frameworks, alteration approaches, observes’ mechanism by which enhanced the production of crop, sustainable toward environment, reviews significant applications with specific examples and also discussed about the technical contest and future research guidelines.