“…These fibers are used for making agricultural baler twine and to make carpets, rugs, sacks, yarns, ropes and other cordage (Müssig, 2010 ). Sisal has also been studied as a medicinal plant (Chen et al, 2009 ; Debnath et al, 2010 ), as feedstock for bioenergy (Yang et al, 2015 ; Davis et al, 2017 ), as a source of saponins (Sidana et al, 2016 ) and for producing biocomposites in substitution of glass, carbon and polymeric (plastics) fibers (Scopel et al, 2013 ). Furthermore, residues from the decortication of the leaves can be used for animal feed (Faria et al, 2008 ) and have been studied for their nematicidal (Jesus et al, 2014 ; Damasceno et al, 2015 ), antimicrobial (Santos et al, 2009 ), and insecticidal properties (Sousa et al, 2014 ).…”