What is the difference between plant fiber and fiber produced by the insect?

The fiber produced by the plants are carbohydrates while that of insect is protein.

3.6K Views|Posted 2011-04-07 19:02:04
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upma
2011-04-07 20:20:22
Plant fiber are of cellulose and insect are of protein

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Gomati Dittakavi
2011-04-08 11:08:52
Hi Randhir, Plant fiber in ordinary terms is called the vegetable fiber which is a strand of cellulose (It is represented by the organic bond btwn C-H-O showing the hydrogen bonds (dashes) within and between cellulose molecules. Some examples of these fibers are cotton, jute, flax, ramie, sisal

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sagarika Sharma
2011-04-08 10:42:19
Hi Randhir, you have already given the answer in the question itself. What more do you seek??? kindly specify so that help can be provided.

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smita
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2011-04-07 19:15:25
plant fibre is made up of cellulose or lignin and is mainly either the phloem fibre or bast fibre ,can also have suberin basically to provide strength to the plant part or to make it impervious to water. insect fibre is proteinaceous and produced by the insect to form cocoons /web etc.

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Mohammad Munawar Khan
2011-04-07 19:13:35
jute is a plant fiber and silk is fiber product by insect!!!!

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