The potential of C4 grasses for cellulosic biofuel production

T van der Weijde, CL Alvim Kamei, AF Torres… - Frontiers in plant …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
With the advent of biorefinery technologies enabling plant biomass to be processed into
biofuel, many researchers set out to study and improve candidate biomass crops. Many of …

Non-structural carbohydrate partitioning in grass stems: a target to increase yield stability, stress tolerance, and biofuel production

TL Slewinski - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2012 - academic.oup.com
A dramatic change in agricultural crops is needed in order to keep pace with the demands of
an increasing human population, exponential need for renewable fuels, and uncertain …

A survey of the complex transcriptome from the highly polyploid sugarcane genome using full-length isoform sequencing and de novo assembly from short read …

NV Hoang, A Furtado, PJ Mason, A Marquardt… - BMC genomics, 2017 - Springer
Background Despite the economic importance of sugarcane in sugar and bioenergy
production, there is not yet a reference genome available. Most of the sugarcane …

Potential for genetic improvement of sugarcane as a source of biomass for biofuels

NV Hoang, A Furtado, FC Botha… - … in bioengineering and …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids) has great potential as a major feedstock for biofuel
production worldwide. It is considered among the best options for producing biofuels today …

The challenge of analyzing the sugarcane genome

PP Thirugnanasambandam, NV Hoang… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Reference genome sequences have become key platforms for genetics and breeding of the
major crop species. Sugarcane is probably the largest crop produced in the world (in weight …

A genome-wide association study identified loci for yield component traits in sugarcane (Saccharum spp.)

FZ Barreto, JRBF Rosa, TWA Balsalobre, MM Pastina… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) has a complex genome with variable ploidy and frequent
aneuploidy, which hampers the understanding of phenotype and genotype relations …

Sugarcane improvement: how far can we go?

M Dal-Bianco, MS Carneiro, CT Hotta… - Current opinion in …, 2012 - Elsevier
In recent years, efforts to improve sugarcane have focused on the development of
biotechnology for this crop. It has become clear that sugarcane lacks tools for the …

Sugarcane under pressure: an overview of biochemical and physiological studies of abiotic stress

RA Azevedo, RF Carvalho, MC Cia, PL Gratão - Tropical Plant Biology, 2011 - Springer
Sugarcane is now an extremely important crop, particularly in tropical countries. Its use for
sugar and ethanol production is critical and cultivated area and biomass yield are …

Genetic engineering: an efficient approach to mitigating biotic and abiotic stresses in sugarcane cultivation

KK Verma, XP Song, F Budeguer, A Nikpay… - Plant Signaling & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Biotic and abiotic stresses are the foremost limiting factors for crop productivity. Crop plants
need to cope with adverse external pressure caused by various environmental conditions …

Genetic engineering approaches for enhanced insect pest resistance in sugarcane

A Iqbal, RS Khan, MA Khan, K Gul, F Jalil… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum), a sugar crop commonly grown for sugar production all
over the world, is susceptible to several insect pests attack in addition to bacterial, fungal …