Analysis of a Modern Hybrid and an Ancient Sugarcane Implicates a Complex Interplay of Factors in Affecting Recalcitrance to Cellulosic Ethanol Production

Genetic Determinants for Enzymatic Digestion of Lignocellulosic Biomass Are Independent of Those for Lignin Abundance in a Maize Recombinant Inbred Population

(2014) B. W. Penning et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Minor Wall-Networks between Monolignols and Interlinked-Phenolics Predominantly Affect Biomass Enzymatic Digestibility in Miscanthus

(2014) Zhengru Li et al.   PLoS One

Range of cell-wall alterations enhance saccharification inBrachypodium distachyonmutants

(2014) Poppy E. Marriott et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Monolignol Ferulate Transferase Introduces Chemically Labile Linkages into the Lignin Backbone

(2014) C. G. Wilkerson et al.   SCIENCE

Specific effects of fiber size and fiber swelling on biomass substrate surface area and enzymatic digestibility

(2013) Xiaohui Ju et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Biomass digestibility is predominantly affected by three factors of wall polymer features distinctive in wheat accessions and rice mutants

(2013) Zhiliang Wu et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Assessing the molecular structure basis for biomass recalcitrance during dilute acid and hydrothermal pretreatments

(2013) Yunqiao Pu et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Lignin biosynthesis perturbations affect secondary cell wall composition and saccharification yield in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2013) Rebecca Van Acker et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Structural Characterization of Lignin Isolated from Coconut (Cocos nucifera) Coir Fibers

(2013) Jorge Rencoret et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Improved saccharification and ethanol yield from field-grown transgenic poplar deficient in cinnamoyl-CoA reductase

(2013) R. Van Acker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Exploring the effect of different plant lignin content and composition on ionic liquid pretreatment efficiency and enzymatic saccharification of Eucalyptus globulus L. mutants

(2012) G. Papa et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Hemicelluloses negatively affect lignocellulose crystallinity for high biomass digestibility under NaOH and H2SO4 pretreatments in Miscanthus

(2012) Ning Xu et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Structural Characterization of the Lignin in the Cortex and Pith of Elephant Grass (Pennisetum purpureum) Stems

(2012) José C. del Río et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Structural Characterization of Wheat Straw Lignin as Revealed by Analytical Pyrolysis, 2D-NMR, and Reductive Cleavage Methods

(2012) José C. del Río et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Identification of Grass-specific Enzyme That Acylates Monolignols withp-Coumarate

(2012) Saunia Withers et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

RNAi suppression of lignin biosynthesis in sugarcane reduces recalcitrance for biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass

(2012) Je Hyeong Jung et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

A Systems Biology View of Responses to Lignin Biosynthesis Perturbations in Arabidopsis

(2012) R. Vanholme et al.   PLANT CELL

Disrupting thecinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase 1gene (BdCAD1) leads to altered lignification and improved saccharification inBrachypodium distachyon

(2012) Madeleine Bouvier d'Yvoire et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Environmental Stresses of Field Growth Allow Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase-Deficient Nicotiana attenuata Plants to Compensate for their Structural Deficiencies

(2012) H. Kaur et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

O-Acetylation of Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharides

(2012) Sascha Gille et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Chemical and Spatial Differentiation of Syringyl and Guaiacyl Lignins in Poplar Wood via Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

(2011) Chuanzhen Zhou et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Enhancing alfalfa conversion efficiencies for sugar recovery and ethanol production by altering lignin composition

(2011) Bruce S. Dien et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Chemical composition and enzymatic digestibility of sugarcane clones selected for varied lignin content

(2011) Fernando Masarin et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Supplementation with xylanase and β-xylosidase to reduce xylo-oligomer and xylan inhibition of enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose and pretreated corn stover

(2011) Qing Qing et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Application of monoclonal antibodies to investigate plant cell wall deconstruction for biofuels production

(2011) Jaclyn D. DeMartini et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Composition of cell wall phenolics and polysaccharides of the potential bioenergy crop -Miscanthus

(2011) ANATOLIY V. LYGIN et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Impact of Lignin Structure and Cell Wall Reticulation on Maize Cell Wall Degradability

(2011) Yu Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Characterization of a cinnamoyl-CoA reductase 1 (CCR1) mutant in maize: effects on lignification, fibre development, and global gene expression

(2011) Barek Tamasloukht et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Altered Lignin Biosynthesis Improves Cellulosic Bioethanol Production in Transgenic Maize Plants Down-Regulated for Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase

(2011) Silvia Fornalé et al.   Molecular Plant

Silencing of 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase in switchgrass leads to reduced lignin content and improved fermentable sugar yields for biofuel production

(2011) Bin Xu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Direct mapping of morphological distribution of syringyl and guaiacyl lignin in the xylem of maple by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry

(2011) Kaori Saito et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Modifying crops to increase cell wall digestibility

(2011) Hans-Joachim G. Jung et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Genetic manipulation of lignin reduces recalcitrance and improves ethanol production from switchgrass

(2011) Chunxiang Fu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lignin content in natural Populus variants affects sugar release

(2011) M. H. Studer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Enzymatic hydrolysis of pretreated sugar cane bagasse using Penicillium funiculosum and Trichoderma harzianum cellulases

(2011) Roberto Nobuyuki Maeda et al.   PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY

Digestibility of silages in relation to their hydroxycinnamic acid content and lignin composition

(2010) Alfredo Taboada et al.   JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

Molecular cytogenetic investigation of chromosome composition and transmission in sugarcane

(2010) George Piperidis et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Supramolecular Self-Assembled Chaos: Polyphenolic Lignin’s Barrier to Cost-Effective Lignocellulosic Biofuels

(2010) Komandoor Elayavalli Achyuthan et al.   MOLECULES

Feedstocks for Lignocellulosic Biofuels

(2010) C. Somerville et al.   SCIENCE

Developmental Control of Lignification in Stems of Lowland Switchgrass Variety Alamo and the Effects on Saccharification Efficiency

(2009) Hui Shen et al.   BioEnergy Research

Improved Sugar Conversion and Ethanol Yield for Forage Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) Lines with Reduced Lignin Contents

(2009) Bruce S. Dien et al.   BioEnergy Research

Forage quality and composition measurements as predictors of ethanol yield from maize (Zea mays L.) stover

(2009) Aaron J Lorenz et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

The impact of cell wall acetylation on corn stover hydrolysis by cellulolytic and xylanolytic enzymes

(2009) Michael J. Selig et al.   CELLULOSE

Probing native lignin macromolecular configuration in Arabidopsis thaliana in specific cell wall types: Further insights into limited substrate degeneracy and assembly of the lignins of ref8, fah 1–2 and C4H::F5H lines

(2009) Ann M. Patten et al.   Molecular BioSystems

Feruloylation in Grasses: Current and Future Perspectives

(2009) Marcia M. de O. Buanafina   Molecular Plant

Solution-state 2D NMR of ball-milled plant cell wall gels in DMSO-d6/pyridine-d5

(2009) Hoon Kim et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Hydroxycinnamates in lignification

(2009) John Ralph   PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Engineering the cell wall by reducing de-methyl-esterified homogalacturonan improves saccharification of plant tissues for bioconversion

(2009) V. Lionetti et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

What can be Learned from Silage Breeding Programs?

(2008) Aaron J. Lorenz et al.   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Pretreatments to enhance the digestibility of lignocellulosic biomass

(2008) A.T.W.M. Hendriks et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Cell wall fermentation kinetics are impacted more by lignin content and ferulate cross-linking than by lignin composition

(2008) John H Grabber et al.   JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

Cell-wall carbohydrates and their modification as a resource for biofuels

(2008) Markus Pauly et al.   PLANT JOURNAL