Wood characteristics and enzymatic saccharification efficiency of field-grown transgenic black cottonwood with altered lignin content and structure

Cellulose

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 683-693

  Xiang, Zhouyang ^a,b   Sen, Suman Kumar ^a   Roy, Aparna ^a   Min, Douyong ^a   Savithri, Dhanalekshmi ^a   Jameel, Hasan ^a   Chiang, Vincent ^a   Chang, Hou min ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Black cotton wood; Enzymatic saccharification; Field grown; Lignin; Pretreatment; S V ratio; Sugar yield; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FORESTRY; LIGNIN; SACCHARIFICATION;

ENZYMATIC SACCHARIFICATION; FIELD-GROWN; PRE-TREATMENT; S/V RATIOS; SUGAR YIELD; TRANSGENICS;

WOOD;

EID: 84925492900     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-014-0541-7     Document Type: Article

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