Sugarcane plays a central role in sugar and ethanol production. Ethanol from sugarcane is
considered sustainable since lignocellulosic residues can increase crop productivity without …

Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.), a C 4 grass, has a peculiar feature: it accumulates, gradient-
wise, large amounts of carbon (C) as sucrose in its culms through a complex pathway. Apart …

Cellulose is a major renewable resource for a wide variety of sustainable industrial products.
However, for its utilization, finding new efficient enzymes for plant cell wall depolymerization …

Background Breeding for advantageous root traits will play a fundamental role in improving
the efficiency of water and nutrient acquisition, closing yield gaps, and underpinning the …

Plant cell enlargement is coupled to dynamic changes in cell wall composition and
properties. Such rearrangements are provided, besides the differential synthesis of …

The simplest form of carbohydrates are monosaccharides which are the building blocks for
the synthesis of polymers or complex carbohydrates. Monosaccharide contents of 197 rice …

Sweet potato, commonly planted in Southeast Asia and South America with abundant
rainfall, often suffers from waterlogging. The aerenchyma formation in roots is an effective …

A Raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs) is one of the major translocated sugars in the
vascular bundle of cucumber, but little RFOs can be detected in fruits. Alpha-galactosidases …

Cellulosic ethanol is an alternative for increasing the amount of bioethanol production in the
world. In Brazil, sugarcane leads the bioethanol production, and to improve its yield, besides …

Six putative α-galactosidase genes (α-Gals), three acid forms (CsGAL 1, CsGAL 2, CsGAL 3)
and three alkaline forms (CsAGA 1, CsAGA 2, CsAGAL 3), were found in the cucumber …