Genetic complexity of miscanthus cell wall composition and biomass quality for biofuels.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Miscanthus sinensis is a high yielding perennial grass species with great potential as a bioenergy feedstock. One of the challenges that currently impedes commercial cellulosic biofuel production is the technical difficulty to efficiently convert lignocellulosic biomass into biofuel. The development of feedstocks with better biomass quality will improve conversion efficiency and the sustainability of the value-chain. Progress in the genetic improvement of biomass quality may be substantially expedited by the development of genetic markers associated to quality traits, which can be used in a marker-assisted selection program.

Results

To this end, a mapping population was developed by crossing two parents of contrasting cell wall composition. The performance of 182 

SUBMITTER: van der Weijde T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5445440 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature