Ethanol yields and cell wall properties in divergently bred switchgrass genotypes

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 9579-9585

  Sarath, Gautam ^a   Dien, Bruce ^b   Saathoff, Aaron J ^a   Vogel, Kenneth P ^a   Mitchell, Robert B ^a   Chen, Han ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Divergent breeding; Ethanol; Structure; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; CELL WALL PROPERTIES; CELL WALLS; DILUTE-ACID; DIVERGENT BREEDING; ETHANOL YIELD; GENETIC MODIFICATIONS; HERBACEOUS PLANTS; LIGNIN MONOMER; PRE-TREATMENT; RESEARCH GOALS; STEM BIOMASS; SWITCHGRASS;

ETHANOL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGNIN; PLANT CELL CULTURE; TISSUE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALCOHOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIGNIN; XYLAN;

ACID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTIBILITY; ETHANOL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE; GRASS; LIGNIN; MEMBRANE; PHYTOMASS; PLANT BREEDING; RUMINANT;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; DNA MODIFICATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL WALL; ETHANOL; GENOTYPE; POACEAE;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 80052703809     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.07.086     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Boerjan W., Ralph J., Baucher M. Lignin biosynthesis. Annual Review of Plant Biology 2003, 54:519-546.
2. Buanafina M.M., Langdon T., Hauck B., Dalton S., Morris P. Expression of a fungal ferulic acid esterase increases cell wall digestibility of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). Plant Biotechnology Journal 2008, 6(3):264-280.
3. Carroll A., Somerville C. Cellulosic biofuels. Annual Review of Plant Biology 2009, 60:165-182.
4. Casler M.D., Buxton D.R., Vogel K.P. Genetic modification of lignin concentration affects fitness of perennial herbaceous plants. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 2002, 104(1; 1):127-131.
5. Casler M.D., Jung H.J.G. Relationships of fibre, lignin, and phenolics to in vitro fibre digestibility in three perennial grasses. Animal Feed Science and Technology 2006, 125:151-161.
6. Chen L., Auh C., Chen F., Cheng X., Aljoe H., Dixon R.A., Wang Z. Lignin deposition and associated changes in anatomy, enzyme activity, gene expression, and ruminal degradability in stems of tall fescue at different developmental stages. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2002, 50(20):5558-5565.
7. Dien B., Sarath G., Pedersen J., Sattler S., Chen H., Funnell-Harris D., Nichols N., Cotta M. Improved sugar conversion and ethanol yield for forage sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) lines with reduced lignin contents. Bioenergy Research 2009, 2(3):153-164.
8. Dien B.S., Jung H.-J.G., Vogel K.P., Casler M.D., Lamb J.F.S., Iten L., Mitchell R.B., Sarath G. Chemical composition and response to dilute-acid pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification of alfalfa, reed canarygrass, and switchgrass. Biomass and Bioenergy 2006, 30(10):880-891.
9. Donohoe B.S., Decker S.R., Tucker M.P., Himmel M.E., Vinzant T.B. Visualizing lignin coalescence and migration through maize cell walls following thermochemical pretreatment. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2008, 101(5):913-925.
10. Donohoe B.S., Vinzant T.B., Elander R.T., Pallapolu V.R., Lee Y.Y., Garlock R.J., Balan V., Dale B.E., Kim Y., Mosier N.S., Ladisch M.R., Falls M., Holtzapple M.T., Sierra R., Shi J., Ebrik M.A., Redmond T., Yang B., Wyman C.E., Hames B., Thomas S., Warner R.E. Surface and ultrastructural characterization of raw and pretreated switchgrass. Bioresource Technology 2011, (epub ahead of print).
11. Falls M., Shi J., Ebrik M.A., Redmond T., Yang B., Wyman C.E., Garlock R., Balan V., Dale B.E., Ramesh Pallapolu V., Lee Y.Y., Kim Y., Mosier N.S., Ladisch M.R., Hames B., Thomas S., Donohoe B.S., Vinzant T.B., Elander R.T., Warner R.E., Sierra-Ramirez R., Holtzapple M.T. Investigation of enzyme formulation on pretreated switchgrass. Bioresource Technology 2011, (epub ahead of print).
12. Fu C., Mielenz J.R., Xiao X., Ge Y., Hamilton C.Y., Rodriguez M., Chen F., Foston M., Ragauskas A., Bouton J., Dixon R.A., Wang Z.Y. Genetic manipulation of lignin reduces recalcitrance and improves ethanol production from switchgrass. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 2011, 108(9):3803-3808.
13. Fu C., Xiao X., Xi Y., Ge Y., Chen F., Bouton J., Dixon R.A., Wang Z.Y. Downregulation of Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase (CAD) leads to improved saccharification efficiency in switchgrass. Bioenergy Research 2010, 1-12.
14. Grabber J.H., Mertens D.R., Kim H., Funk C., Lu F.C., Ralph J. Cell wall fermentation kinetics are impacted more by lignin content and ferulate cross-linking than by lignin composition. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 2009, 89(1):122-129.
15. Hallac B.B., Ray M., Murphy R.J., Ragauskas A.J. Correlation between anatomical characteristics of ethanol organosolv pretreated Buddleja davidii and its enzymatic conversion to glucose. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2010, 107(5):795-801.
16. Hopkins A.A., Vogel K.P., Moore K.J. Predicted and realized gains from selection for in vitro dry matter digestibility and forage yield in switchgrass. Crop Science 1993, 33(2):253-258.
17. Li C., Knierim B., Manisseri C., Arora R., Scheller H.V., Auer M., Vogel K.P., Simmons B.A., Singh S. Comparison of dilute acid and ionic liquid pretreatment of switchgrass: biomass recalcitrance, delignification and enzymatic saccharification. Bioresource Technology 2010, 101(13):4900-4906.
18. McCann M.C., Carpita N.C. Designing the deconstruction of plant cell walls. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 2008, 11(3):314-320.
19. Mechin V., Argillier O., Rocher F., Hebert Y., Mila I., Pollet B., Barriere Y., Lapierre C. In search of a maize ideotype for cell wall enzymatic degradability using histological and biochemical lignin characterization. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2005, 53(15):5872-5881.
20. Nlewem K.C., Thrash M.E. Comparison of different pretreatment methods based on residual lignin effect on the enzymatic hydrolysis of switchgrass. Bioresource Technology 2010, 101(14):5426-5430.
21. Okada M., Lanzatella C., Saha M.C., Bouton J., Wu R., Tobias C.M. Complete switchgrass genetic maps reveal subgenome collinearity, preferential pairing and multilocus interactions. Genetics 2010, 185(3):745-760.
22. Palmer N.A., Sattler S.E., Saathoff A.J., Funnell D., Pedersen J.F., Sarath G. Genetic background impacts soluble and cell wall-bound aromatics in brown midrib mutants of sorghum. Planta 2008, 229(1):115-127.
23. Penning B.W., Hunter C.T., Tayengwa R., Eveland A.L., Dugard C.K., Olek A.T., Vermerris W., Koch K.E., McCarty D.R., Davis M.F., Thomas S.R., McCann M.C., Carpita N.C. Genetic resources for maize cell wall biology. Plant Physiology 2009, 151(4):1703-1728.
24. Pingali S.V., Urban V.S., Heller W.T., McGaughey J., Oneill H., Foston M., Myles D.A., Ragauskas A., Evans B.R. Breakdown of cell wall nanostructure in dilute acid pretreated biomass. Biomacromolecules 2010, 11(9):2329-2335.
25. Rollin J.A., Zhu Z., Sathitsuksanoh N., Zhang Y.H. Increasing cellulose accessibility is more important than removing lignin: a comparison of cellulose solvent-based lignocellulose fractionation and soaking in aqueous ammonia. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2011, 108(1):22-30.
26. Saathoff A.J., Sarath G., Chow E.K., Dien B.S., Tobias C.M. Downregulation of cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase in switchgrass by RNA silencing results in enhanced glucose release after cellulase treatment. PLoS One 2011, 6(1):e16416.
27. Sarath G., Akin D.E., Mitchell R.B., Vogel K.P. Cell-wall composition and accessibility to hydrolytic enzymes is differentially altered in divergently bred switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) genotypes. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 2008, 150(1):1-14.
28. Sarath G., Baird L.M., Vogel K.P., Mitchell R.B. Internode structure and cell wall composition in maturing tillers of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.). Bioresource Technology 2007, 98(16):2985-2992.
29. Sarath G., Mitchell R.B., Sattler S.E., Funnell D., Pedersen J.F., Graybosch R.A., Vogel K.P. Opportunities and roadblocks in utilizing forages and small grains for liquid fuels. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 2008, 35(5):343-354.
30. Schmer M.R., Vogel K.P., Mitchell R.B., Perrin R.K. Net energy of cellulosic ethanol from switchgrass. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 2008, 105(2):464-469.
31. Studer M.H., Demartini J.D., Davis M.F., Sykes R.W., Davison B., Keller M., Tuskan G.A., Wyman C.E. Lignin content in natural Populus variants affects sugar release. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 2011, 108(15):6300-6305.
32. Vogel J. Unique aspects of the grass cell wall. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 2008, 11(3):301-307.
33. Vogel K.P., Sarath G., Mitchell R. Divergent breeding for tiller digestibility, modified leaf, sheath and stem composition of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.). XX International Grassland Congress: Offered Papers, Dublin, Ireland 2005, Wageningen Academic Publishers, p. 116.
34. Vogel K.P., Hopkins A.A., Moore K.J., Johnson K.D., Carlson I.T. Winter survival in switchgrass populations bred for high IVDMD. Crop Science 2002, 42(6):1857-1862.
35. Yang Y., Sharma-Shivappa R., Burns J.C., Cheng J.J. Dilute acid pretreatment of oven-dried switchgrass germplasms for bioethanol production. Energy and Fuels 2009, 23(7):3759-3766.