Analysis of a modern hybrid and an ancient sugarcane implicates a complex interplay of factors in affecting recalcitrance to cellulosic ethanol production

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  De Carli Poelking, Viviane Guzzo ^a,c   Giordano, Andrea ^a   Ricci Silva, Maria Esther ^a   Williams, Thomas Christopher Rhys ^a,d   Peçanha, Diego Alves ^a   Ventrella, Marília Contin ^a   Rencoret, Jorge ^b,e   Ralph, John ^b   Barbosa, Márcio Henrique Pereira ^a   Loureiro, Marcelo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RECÔNCAVO DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEIC ACID; CELLULOSE; FERULIC ACID; LIGNIN; PARA COUMARIC ACID; URONIC ACID; XYLAN;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS CONVERSION; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CULTIVAR; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FERMENTATION; GENOTYPE; HYBRID; HYDROLYSIS; INTERNODE; NONHUMAN; PLANT STRUCTURES; SACCHARIFICATION; SACCHARUM SPONTANEUM; SUGARCANE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ESTERIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT STEM; PROCEDURES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; ESTERIFICATION; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT STEMS; SACCHARUM; URONIC ACIDS; XYLANS;

EID: 84941966131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134964     Document Type: Article

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