Biomass recalcitrance in barley, wheat and triticale straw: Correlation of biomass quality with classic agronomical traits.

ABSTRACT: The global production of cereal straw as an agricultural by-product presents a significant source of biomass, which could be used as feedstock for the production of second generation biofuels by fermentation. The production of sugars for fermentation is an important measure of straw quality and in its suitability for biofuel production. In this paper, we present a characterization of straw digestibility from a wide range of cereal. Our main objective is to evaluate the variability of fermentable sugars released from different species including wheat (Triticum durum L., Triticum aestivum L.), barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and triticale (X Triticosecale Wittmack). To this end, we adapted a saccharification method (IAS Method) capable of detecting significant differences of released sugars betw

SUBMITTER: Ostos Garrido FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6221549 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature