The battle between plants and microbes is evolutionarily ancient, highly complex, and often
co-dependent. A primary challenge for microbes is to breach the physical barrier of host cell …

Commercial production of ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass is becoming a reality, but the
next step is to diversify the process and produce chemicals and materials. These …

Hydrothermal pretreatment is commonly used for enhancing enzymatic hydrolysis of
lignocellulosics. Spruce and wheat straw were pretreated with increasing severity and lignin …

Background Plants and in particular grasses benefit from a high uptake of silicon (Si) which
improves their growth and productivity by alleviating adverse effects of biotic and abiotic …

Composting is a promising method for the management of agricultural wastes. However,
results for wheat straw composts with different carbon-to-nitrogen ratios revealed that wheat …

Background Wheat straw is an attractive substrate for second generation ethanol production
because it will complement and augment wheat production rather than competing with food …

Abstract For second‐generation (2G) bioethanol refineries, the feedstock supply is one of
the important parameters in terms of cost and consistency. Biorefineries are in most cases …

Utilizing saline soil and water resources are essential in meeting future demands for food,
feed, and biofuels in a world of increasing freshwater scarcity, by use of halophytes (salt …

Cell walls are an important feature of plant cells and a major component of the plant
glycome. They have both structural and physiological functions and are critical for plant …

Abstract Background and Aims The cultivation of dedicated biomass crops, including
miscanthus, on marginal land provides a promising approach to the reduction of …