Desirable plant cell wall traits for higher-quality miscanthus lignocellulosic biomass.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lignocellulosic biomass from dedicated energy crops such as Miscanthus spp. is an important tool to combat anthropogenic climate change. However, we still do not exactly understand the sources of cell wall recalcitrance to deconstruction, which hinders the efficient biorefining of plant biomass into biofuels and bioproducts.

Results

We combined detailed phenotyping, correlation studies and discriminant analyses, to identify key significantly distinct variables between miscanthus organs, genotypes and most importantly, between saccharification performances. Furthermore, for the first time in an energy crop, normalised total quantification of specific cell wall glycan epitopes is reported and correlated with saccharification.

Conclusions

In stems, lign

SUBMITTER: da Costa RMF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6463665 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature