Molecular breeding to enhance ethanol production from corn and sorghum stover

Crop Science

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. DEC., 2007, Pages

  Vermerris, Wilfred ^a,b   Saballos, Ana ^b   Ejeta, Gebisa ^b   Mosier, Nathan S ^b   Ladisch, Michael R ^b   Carpita, Nicholas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 39749166970     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2007.04.0013IPBS     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (58)

1. Barrière, Y., J. Ralph, V. Méchin, S. Guillaumie, J.H. Grabber, O. Argillier, B. Chabbert, and C. Lapierre. 2004. Genetic and molecular basis of grass cell wall biosynthesis and degradability. II. Lessons from brown midrib mutants. C. R. Biol. 327:847-860.
2. Baulcombe, D. 2004. RNA silencing in plants. Nature 431:356-363.
3. Bittinger, T., R. Cantrell, and J. Axtell. 1981. Allelism test of the brown-midrib mutants of sorghum. J. Hered. 72:147-148.
4. Boon, J.J. 1989. An introduction to pyrolysis mass spectrometry of lignocellulosic material: Case studies of barley straw, corn stem and Agropyron. p. 25-49. In A. Chesson and E.R. Ørskov (ed.) Physico-chemical characterisation of plant residues for industrial and feed use. Elsevier Applied Science, London.
5. Bout, S., and W. Vermerris. 2003. A candidate gene-approach to clone the sorghum Brown midrib gene encoding caffeic acid O-methyl- transferase. Mol. Genet. Gen. 269:205-214.
6. Boutin, M., J. Lesage, C. Ostiguy, and M.J. Bertrand. 2004. Comparison of EI and metastable atom bombardment ionization for the identification of polyurethane thermal degradation products. J. Anal. Appl. Pyrol. 70:505-517.
7. Buanafina, M.M., T. Landon, B. Hauck, S.J. Dalton, and P. Morris. 2006. Manipulating the phenolic acid content and digestibility of Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) by vacuolar-targeted expression of a fungal ferulic esterase. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 132:416-426.
8. Carpita, N.C., and D.M. Gibeaut. 1993. Structural models of the primary cell walls in flowering plants: Consistency of molecular structure with the physical properties of the wall during growth. Plant J. 3:1-30.
9. Chabbert, B., M.T. Tollier, and B. Monties. 1994a. Biological variability in lignification of maize: expression of the brown midrib bm3 mutation in three maize cultivars. J. Sci. Food Agric. 64:349-355.
10. Chabbert, B., M.T. Tollier, B. Monties, Y. Barrière, and O. Argillier. 1994b. Biological variability in lignification of maize: Expression of the brown midrib bm2 mutation. J. Sci. Food Agric. 64:455-460.
11. Chang, V.S., and M.T. Holtzapple. 2000. Fundamental factors affecting biomass enzymatic reactivity. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 84:5-37.
12. Charles, N., S.D. Mansfield, O. Mirochnik, and S.J.B. Duff. 2003. Effect of oxygen delignification operating parameters on downstream enzymatic hydrolysis of softwood substrates. Biotechnol. Prog. 19:1606-1611.
13. Chen, L.-M., N.C. Carpita, W.-D. Reiter, R.W. Wilson, C. Jeffries, and M.C. McCann. 1998. A rapid method to screen for cell wall mutants using discriminant analysis of Fourier transform infra-red spectra. Plant J. 16:385-392.
14. Chernoglazov, V.M., O.V. Ermolova, and A.A. Klyosov. 1988. Adsorption of high-purity endo-1,4-beta-glucanases from Trichoderma reesei on components of lignocellulosic materials - Cellulose, lignin, and xylan. Enzyme Microb. Technol. 10:503-507.
15. Converse, A.O. 1993. Substrate factors limiting enzymatic hydrolysis, p. 93-105. In J.N. Saddler (ed.) Bioconversion of forest and agricultural plant residues. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.
16. Draude, K.M., C.B. Kurniawan, and S.J.B. Duff. 2001. Effect of oxygen delignification on the rate and extend of enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic material. Bioresour. Technol. 79:113-120.
17. Escovar-Kousen, J.M., D. Wilson, and D. Irwin. 2004. Integration of computer modeling and initial studies of site-directed mutagenesis to improve cellulose activity on Cel9A from Thermobifida fusca. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 113:287-297.
18. Farrell, A.E., R.J. Plevin, B.T. Turner, A.D. Jones, M. O'Hare, and D.M. Kammen. 2006. Ethanol can contribute to energy and environmental goals. Science 311:506-508.
19. FitzGerald, J., and W. Vermerris. 2005. The utility of blood glucose meters in biotechnological applications. Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem. 41:233-239.
20. Halpin, C., K. Holt, J. Chojecki, D. Oliver, B. Chabbert, B. Monties, K. Edwards, A. Barakate, and G.A. Foxon. 1998. Brown-midrib maize (bm1) - A mutation affecting the cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene. Plant J. 14:545-553.
21. Hatfield, R.D., and W. Vermerris. 2001. Lignin formation in plants: The dilemma of linkage specificity. Plant Physiol. 126:1351-1357.
22. Ho, N.W.Y., Z. Chen, and A.P. Brainard. 1998. Genetically engineered Saccharomyces yeast capable of effective cofermentation of glucose and xylose. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:1852-1859.
23. Humphreys, J.M., M.R. Hemm, and C. Chapple. 1999. New routes for lignin biosynthesis defined by biochemical characterization of recombinant ferulate 5-hydroxylase, a multifunctional cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96:10045-10050.
24. Jung, H.G., D.R. Mertens, and D.R. Buxton. 1998. Forage quality variation among maize inbreds: In vitro fiber digestion kinetics and prediction with NIRS. Crop Sci. 38:205-210.
25. Kemsley, E.K. 1998. Discriminant analysis and class modelling of spectroscopic data. John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester, UK.
26. Kresovich, S., B. Barbazuk, J.A. Bedell, et al. 2005. Toward sequencing the sorghum genome. A U.S. National Science Foundation-sponsored workshop report. Plant Physiol. 138:1898-1902.
27. Kumar, A., J.B. Cameron, and P.C. Flynn. 2004. Pipeline transport of biomass. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 113:27-40.
28. Lipinsky, E.S., and S. Kresovich. 1980. Sorghums as energy sources. p. 91-93. Proc. Bio-Energy '80 World Congress and Exposition, Atlanta, GA. 21-24 Apr. 1980. The Bio-Energy Council, Washington, D.C.
29. Marita, J., W. Vermerris, J. Ralph, and R.D. Hatfield. 2003. Variations in the cell wall composition of maize brown midrib mutants. J. Agric. Food Chem. 51:1313-1321.
30. Mooney, C.A., S.D. Mansfield, M.G. Touhy, and J.N. Saddler. 1998. The effect of initial pore volume and lignin content on the enzymatic hydrolysis of softwoods. Bioresour. Technol. 64:113-119.
31. Mosier, N., R. Hendrickson, N. Ho, M. Sedlak, and M.R. Ladisch. 2005a. Optimization of pH controlled liquid hot water pretreatment of corn stover. Bioresour. Technol. 96:1986-1993.
32. Mosier, N., C. Wyman, B. Dale, R. Elander, Y.Y. Lee, M. Holtzapple, and M.R. Ladisch. 2005b. Features of promising technologies for pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass. Bioresour. Technol. 96:673-686.
33. O'Brien, D.J., and J.C. Craig. 1996. Ethanol production in a continuous fermentation/membrane pervaporation system. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 44:699-704.
34. Palonen, H., F. Tjerneld, G. Zacchi, and M. Tenkanen. 2004. Adsorption of Trichoderma reesei CBH I and EG II and their catalytic domains on steam pretreated softwood and isolated lignin. J. Biotechnol. 107:65-72.
35. Pedersen, J.F., K.P. Vogel, and D.L. Dunnell. 2005. Impact of reduced lignin on plant fitness. Crop Sci. 45:812-819.
36. Pellerin, S., and L. Pagès. 1996. Evaluation in field conditions of a three-dimensional architectural model of the maize root system: Comparison of simulated and observed horizontal root maps. Plant Soil 178:101-112.
37. Pflieger, S., V. Lefebvre, and M. Causse. 2001. The candidate gene approach in plant genetics: A review. Mol. Breed. 7:275-291.
38. Pimentel, D., and T.W. Patzek. 2005. Ethanol production using corn, switchgrass, and wood; Biodiesel production using soybean and sunflower. Earth Environ. Sci. 14:65-76.
39. Porter, K.S., J.D. Axtell, V.L. Lechtenberg, and V.F. Colenbrander. 1978. Phenotype, fiber composition, and in vitro dry matter disappearance of chemically induced brown midrib (bmr) mutants of sorghum. Crop Sci. 18:205-209.
40. Raes, J., A. Rohde, J.H. Christensen, Y. Van de Peer, and W. Boerjan. 2003. Genome-wide characterization of the lignification toolbox in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 133:1051-1071.
41. Ragauskas, A.J., C.K. Williams, B.H. Davison, G. Britovsek, J. Cairney, C.A. Eckert, W.J. Frederick, Jr., J.P. Hallett, D.J. Leak, C.L. Liotta, J.R. Mielenz, R. Murphy, R. Templer, and T. Tschaplinski. 2006. The path forward for biofuels and biomaterials. Science 311:484-489.
42. Ralph, J., and R.D. Hatfield. 1991. Pyrolysis-GC-MS characterization of forage materials. J. Agric. Food Chem. 39:1426-1437.
43. Ralph, J., K. Lundquist, G. Brunow, F. Lu, H. Kim, P.F. Schatz, J.M. Marita, R.D. Hatfield, S.A. Ralph, J.H. Christensen, and W. Boerjan. 2004. Lignins: Natural polymers from oxidative coupling of 4-hydroxyphenylpropanoids. Phytochemistry 3:29-60.
44. Rogers, L.A., C. Dubos, C. Surman, J. Willment, I.F. Cullis, S.D. Mansfield, and M.M. Campbell. 2005. Comparison of lignin deposition in three ectopic lignification mutants. New Phytol. 168:123-140.
45. Rogers, L.A., and M.M. Campbell. 2004. The genetic control of lignin deposition during plant growth and development. New Phytol. 164:17-30.
46. Shapouri, H., J.A. Duffield, and M. Wang. 2002. The energy balance of corn ethanol, an update. Agric. Econ. Rep. No. 813. USDA, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, Washington, D.C.
47. Shapouri, H., and A. McAloon. 2004. The 2001 net energy balance of corn ethanol. Available at www.usda.gov/oce/reports/energy/net_energy_balance.pdf (verified 8 Oct. 2007). USDA, Office of the Chief Economist, Washington, D.C.
48. Siesler, H.W., Y. Ozaki, S. Kawata, and H.M. Heise. 2002. Near-infrared spectroscopy. Principles, instruments, applications. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany.
49. Smith, C.W., and R.A. Frederiksen. 2000. Sorghum: Origin, history, technology, and production. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
50. Tuinstra, M.R., E.M. Grote, P.B. Goldsbrough, and G. Ejeta. 1997. Genetic analysis of post-flowering drought tolerance and components of grain development in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Mol. Breed. 3:439-448.
51. U.S. DOE. 2006. Breaking the biological barriers to cellulosic ethanol: A joint research agenda, DOE/SC-0095. Available at www.doegenomestolife.org/ biofuels/ (verified 8 Oct. 2007). U.S. Dep. of Energy, Office of Science and Office of Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Washington, D.C.
52. Vermerris, W., and J.J. Boon. 2001. Tissue-specific patterns of lignification are disturbed in the brown midrib2 mutant of maize (Zea mays L.). J. Agric. Food Chem. 49:721-728.
53. Vignols, F., J. Rigau, M.A. Torres, M. Capellades, and P. Puigdomenech. 1995. The brown-midrib3 (bm3) mutation in maize occurs in the gene encoding caffeic acid O-methyl transferase. Plant Cell 7:407-416.
54. Vogler, R., G. Ejeta, K. Johnson, and J. Axtell. 1994. Characterization of a new brown midrib sorghum line. p. 124. In Agronomy abstracts. ASA, Madison, WI
55. Wilhelm, W.W., J.M.F. Johnson, J.L. Hatfield, W.B. Voorhees, and D.R. Linden. 2004. Crop and soil productivity response to corn residue removal: A literature review. Agron. J. 96:1-17.
56. Wilkes, J.G., L.G. Rushing, J.-F. Gagnon, S.A. McCarthy, F. Rafii, A.A. Kahn, C.A. Kaysner, T.M. Heinze, and J.B. Sutherland. 2005. Rapid phenotypic characterization of Vibrio isolates by pyrolysis-metastable atom bombardment mass spectrometry. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 88:151-161.
57. Yang, B., and C.E. Wyman. 2004. Effect of xylan and lignin removal by batch and flowthrough pretreatment on the enzymatic digestibility of corn stover cellulose. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 86:88-95.
58. Yong, W., B. Link, R. O'Malley, J. Tewari, C.T. Hunter, III, C.-A. Lu, X. Li, A.B. Bleecker, K.E. Koch, M.C. McCann, D.R. McCarty, S.E. Patterson, W.-D. Reiter, C. Staiger, S.R. Thomas, W. Vermerris, and N.C. Carpita. 2005. Genomics of plant cell wall biogenesis. Planta 221:747-751.