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Ethanol yields and cell wall properties in divergently bred switchgrass genotypes.
Bioresource technology - 1 Oct 2011
Sarath Gautam, Dien Bruce, Saathoff Aaron J, Vogel Kenneth P, Mitchell Robert B, Chen Han
Abstract excerpt
Genetic modification of herbaceous plant cell walls to increase biofuels yields is a primary bioenergy research goal. Using two switchgrass populations developed by divergent breeding for ruminant digestibility, the contributions of several wall-related factors to ethanol yields was evaluated. Field grown low lignin plants significantly out yielded high lignin plants for conversion to ethanol by 39.1% and...
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