Improving digestibility of roughage cell walls will improve ruminant animal performance and
reduce loss of nutrients to the environment. The main digestibility impediment for …

Currently, significant academic and industrial activity is focused on sourcing feed stocks from
non-food biomass crops for the sustainable production of energy, power and chemical …

Background Lignocellulose is the most abundant biomass on earth. However, biomass
recalcitrance has become a major factor affecting biofuel production. Although cellulose …

To investigate how N-fertilization affects the growth, carbon and nitrogen (N) physiology, and
wood properties of poplars with contrasting growth characteristics, slow-growing (Populus …

Lignocellulosic biomass is utilized as a renewable feedstock in various agro‐industrial
activities. Lignin is an aromatic, hydrophobic and mildly branched polymer integrally …

There is a pressing global need to reduce the increasing societal reliance on petroleum and
to develop a bio‐based economy. At the forefront is the need to establish a sustainable …

The ability of Trametes villosa laccase, in conjuction with 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HBT) as
mediator and alkaline extraction, to remove lignin was demonstrated during treatment of …

The ever-increasing global demand for energy and materials has a pronounced effect on
worldwide economic stability, diplomacy, and technical advancement. In response, a recent …

Background For cellulosic biofuels processes, suitable characterization of the lignin
remaining within the cell wall and correlation of quantified properties of lignin to cell wall …

Dilute acid (DA) and Sulfite Pretreatment to Overcome Recalcitrance of Lignocelluloses
(SPORL) pretreatments were directly applied to wood chips of four poplar wood samples of …