Lignin is an abundant biopolymer with a high carbon content and high aromaticity. Despite
its potential as a raw material for the fuel and chemical industries, lignin remains the most …

Lignin is central to overcoming recalcitrance in the enzyme hydrolysis of lignocellulose.
While the term implies a physical barrier in the cell wall structure, there are also important …

The hemibiotrophic fungus Zymoseptoria tritici causes Septoria tritici blotch disease of wheat
(Triticum aestivum). Pathogen reproduction on wheat occurs without cell penetration …

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) has been developed into a dedicated herbaceous
bioenergy crop. Biomass yield is a major target trait for genetic improvement of switchgrass …

Butanol has been acknowledged as an advanced biofuel, but its production through acetone–
butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation by clostridia is still not economically competitive, due to …

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 …

Lignin is an important factor affecting agricultural traits, biofuel production, and the pulping
industry. Most lignin biosynthesis genes and their regulatory genes are expressed mainly in …

The major obstacle for bioenergy production from switchgrass biomass is the low
saccharification efficiency caused by cell wall recalcitrance. Saccharification efficiency is …

Abstract Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation from the past few decades has been widely studied
due to the substantial depletion of the stratospheric ozone (O 3) layer, causing …

The lignin content of feedstock has been proposed as one key agronomic trait impacting
biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass. 4‐Coumarate: coenzyme A ligase (4CL) is …