Improving lignocellulosic biofuel production by CRISPR/Cas9?mediated lignin modification in barley

Altered lignin biosynthesis using biotechnology to improve lignocellulosic biofuel feedstocks.

Lignocellulosic feedstocks can be converted to biofuels, which can conceivably replace a large fraction of fossil fuels currently used for transformation. However, lignin, a prominent constituent of secondary cell walls, is an impediment to the conversion of cell walls to fuel: the recalcitrance problem. Biomass pretreatment for removing lignin is the most expensive step in the production of li...

Altering Lignin Composition to Improve Biofuel Production.

Through the wonders of fermentation, simple sugars derived from enzymatic degradation of cellulose and hemicellulose in the plant cell wall are converted to the biofuel cellulosic ethanol, an attractive alternative to fossil fuels and grain-derived ethanol (Solomon et al., 2007). Before this fermentation takes place, however, the rigid lignin network in the cell wall must be loosened with hot a...

Pretreatment Methods of Lignocellulosic Materials for Biofuel Production: A Review

Dept of Biotechnology, BIT, Mesra, Ranchi-835215. Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Energy Plantation Demonstration Project Centre. Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan,Jaipur – 302 004, India. Corresponding Author: Ashwani Kumar __________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract The environment of the world is crumbling under the major cri...

Aqueous Phase Processing of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Biofuel Production

Production of Bacterial-Derived Enzymes in Aspergillus Niger with Applications in Lignocellulosic Biofuel Production

The development biofuels from Lignocellulosic (LC) biomass, which includes a variety of plant feedstocks such as agricultural and forestry residues and dedicated energy crops, is one route to clean and renewable alternatives to petroleum-base fuel. The first step in converting plant biomass to fuels is breaking down cellulose, the most abundant plant cell wall polymer, into fermentable sugars. ...