Recent advances and sustainable development of biofuels production from lignocellulosic biomass

A Saravanan, PS Kumar, S Jeevanantham… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many countries in the world are facing the demand for non-renewable fossil fuels because of
overpopulation and economic boom. To reduce environmental pollution and zero carbon …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing techniques and new breeding strategies in cereals–current status, improvements, and perspectives

S Ahmar, G Hensel, D Gruszka - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Cereal crops, including triticeae species (barley, wheat, rye), as well as edible cereals
(wheat, corn, rice, oat, rye, sorghum), are significant suppliers for human consumption …

Cassava (Manihot esculenta) dual use for food and bioenergy: A review

AA Fathima, M Sanitha, L Tripathi… - Food and Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Cassava (Manihot esculenta. Crantz) is a starch‐rich, woody tuberous, root crop
important for food, with little being done to investigate its potential as a bioenergy crop …

CRISPR-Cas: A robust technology for enhancing consumer-preferred commercial traits in crops

V Verma, A Kumar, M Partap, M Thakur… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The acceptance of new crop varieties by consumers is contingent on the presence of
consumer-preferred traits, which include sensory attributes, nutritional value, industrial …

Design and genome engineering of microbial cell factories for efficient conversion of lignocellulose to fuel

A Madhavan, KB Arun, R Sindhu, BG Nair… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
The gradually increasing need for fossil fuels demands renewable biofuel substitutes. This
has fascinated an increasing investigation to design innovative energy fuels that have …

CRISPR/SpCas9‐mediated double knockout of barley Microrchidia MORC1 and MORC6a reveals their strong involvement in plant immunity, transcriptional gene …

M Galli, E Martiny, J Imani, N Kumar… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Microrchidia (MORC) family proteins are important nuclear regulators in both animals
and plants with critical roles in epigenetic gene silencing and genome stabilization. In the …

Barley with improved drought tolerance: Challenges and perspectives

A Elakhdar, S Solanki, T Kubo, A Abed… - Environmental and …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is a pressing need to improve climate-resilient crops as a consequence of
increasingly erratic climatic behavior that threatens global food security. Current scientific …

Lignocellulolytic biocatalysts: the main players involved in multiple biotechnological processes for biomass valorization

ALT Benatti, MLTM Polizeli - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Human population growth, industrialization, and globalization have caused several
pressures on the planet's natural resources, culminating in the severe climate and …

Multi-faceted CRISPR-Cas9 strategy to reduce plant based food loss and waste for sustainable bio-economy–a review

P Hemalatha, EM Abda, S Shah, SV Prabhu… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Currently, international development requires innovative solutions to address imminent
challenges like climate change, unsustainable food system, food waste, energy crisis, and …

Spatio-temporal modification of lignin biosynthesis in plants: A promising strategy for lignocellulose improvement and lignin valorization

Y Wang, C Gui, J Wu, X Gao, T Huang, F Cui… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Lignin is essential for plant growth, structural integrity, biotic/abiotic stress resistance, and
water transport. Besides, lignin constitutes 10–30% of lignocellulosic biomass and is difficult …