Miscanthus as cellulosic biomass for bioethanol production

WC Lee, WC Kuan - Biotechnology Journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The members of the genus Miscanthus are potential feedstocks for biofuels because of the
promising high yields of biomass per unit of planted area. This review addresses species …

Breeding targets to improve biomass quality in Miscanthus

K Van der Cruijsen, M Al Hassan, G van Erven… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lignocellulosic crops are attractive bioresources for energy and chemicals production within
a sustainable, carbon circular society. Miscanthus is one of the perennial grasses that …

Genome biology of the paleotetraploid perennial biomass crop Miscanthus

T Mitros, AM Session, BT James, GA Wu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Miscanthus is a perennial wild grass that is of global importance for paper production,
roofing, horticultural plantings, and an emerging highly productive temperate biomass crop …

Breeding progress and preparedness for mass‐scale deployment of perennial lignocellulosic biomass crops switchgrass, miscanthus, willow and poplar

J Clifton‐Brown, A Harfouche, MD Casler… - Gcb …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic improvement through breeding is one of the key approaches to increasing biomass
supply. This paper documents the breeding progress to date for four perennial biomass …

Impacts of degraded DNA on restriction enzyme associated DNA sequencing (RADS eq)

CF Graham, TC Glenn, AG McArthur… - Molecular ecology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Degraded DNA from suboptimal field sampling is common in molecular ecology. However,
its impact on techniques that use restriction site associated next‐generation DNA …

polyRAD: Genotype calling with uncertainty from sequencing data in polyploids and diploids

LV Clark, AE Lipka, EJ Sacks - G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Low or uneven read depth is a common limitation of genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) and
restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq), resulting in high missing data rates …

Accelerating Silphium Domestication: An Opportunity to Develop New Crop Ideotypes and Breeding Strategies Informed by Multiple Disciplines

DL Van Tassel, KA Albrecht, JD Bever, AA Boe… - Crop …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Silphium perfoliatum L.(cup plant, silphie) and S. integrifolium Michx.(rosinweed, silflower)
are in the same subfamily and tribe as sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Silphium …

Unidirectional diploid–tetraploid introgression among British birch trees with shifting ranges shown by restriction site‐associated markers

J Zohren, N Wang, I Kardailsky, JS Borrell… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Hybridization may lead to introgression of genes among species. Introgression may be
bidirectional or unidirectional, depending on factors such as the demography of the …

Genetic diversity and population structure of Miscanthus lutarioriparius, an endemic plant of China

S Yang, S Xue, W Kang, Z Qian, Z Yi - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Miscanthus lutarioriparius is a native perennial Miscanthus species of China, which is
currently used as raw material of papermaking and bioenergy crop. It also has been …

Training Population Optimization for Genomic Selection in Miscanthus

MO Olatoye, LV Clark, NR Labonte… - G3: Genes …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Miscanthus is a perennial grass with potential for lignocellulosic ethanol production. To
ensure its utility for this purpose, breeding efforts should focus on increasing genetic …