eng Science and Education Publishing World Journal of Agricultural Research 2013-07-27 1 1 65 69 10.12691/wjar-1-4-4 WJAR2013144 article K. V. Pavani Pavani_20042003@yahoo.co.in 1 Gayathramma K. 2 N.Sunil kumar 2 Department of Biotechnology, Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India Department of Biotechnology, Presidency College, Bangalore, India The aim of this study was to determine the potential of new Aspergillus strain isolated from electroplating industry to produce Carboxymethyl Cellulase from agriculture waste. Agricultural wastes have great potential for the production of value added products with special reference to enzymes. Corn husk was used as substrate for Carboxymethyl Cellulase (CMCase) production by Aspergillus species through submerged fermentation. Optimization of parameters such as pH, temperature, substrate concentration was performed for the optimal production of CMCase. The fungal strain produced highest CMCase activity (3.3¡À0.01 IU/ml) at 5% (w/v) level of corn husk as substrate at 28¡ãC and pH 8 over 72 hrs of incubation. http://pubs.sciepub.com/wjar/1/4/4/wjar-1-4-4.pdf corn husk Carboxymethyl Cellulase agriculture waste Aspergillus species