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View article: Variation in Cell Wall Composition and Saccharification Potential of Seed‐Based Miscanthus Hybrids Grown on Marginal Lands Across Six European Trial Locations
Variation in Cell Wall Composition and Saccharification Potential of Seed‐Based Miscanthus Hybrids Grown on Marginal Lands Across Six European Trial Locations Open
Miscanthus breeding programs have focused on developing intraspecific ( M. sinensis × M. sinensis ) and interspecific ( M. sinensis × M. sacchariflorus ) seed‐based hybrids with distinct cell wall characteristics for different biomass valu…
View article: Salt stress alters the cell wall components and structure in <i>Miscanthus sinensis</i> stems
Salt stress alters the cell wall components and structure in <i>Miscanthus sinensis</i> stems Open
Miscanthus is a perennial grass suitable for the production of lignocellulosic biomass on marginal lands. The effects of salt stress on Miscanthus cell wall composition and its consequences on biomass quality have nonetheless received rela…
View article: Syntenic Cell Wall QTLs as Versatile Breeding Tools: Intraspecific Allelic Variability and Predictability of Biomass Quality Loci in Target Plant Species
Syntenic Cell Wall QTLs as Versatile Breeding Tools: Intraspecific Allelic Variability and Predictability of Biomass Quality Loci in Target Plant Species Open
Syntenic cell wall QTLs (SQTLs) can identify genetic determinants of biomass traits in understudied species based on results from model crops. However, their effective use in plant breeding requires SQTLs to display intraspecific allelic v…
View article: Spring emergence and canopy development strategies in miscanthus hybrids in Mediterranean, continental and maritime European climates
Spring emergence and canopy development strategies in miscanthus hybrids in Mediterranean, continental and maritime European climates Open
Due to its versatility and storability, biomass is an important resource for renewable materials and energy. Miscanthus hybrids combine high yield potential, low input demand, tolerance of certain marginal land types and several ecosystem …
View article: Yield performance of 14 novel inter‐ and intra‐species <i>Miscanthus</i> hybrids across Europe
Yield performance of 14 novel inter‐ and intra‐species <i>Miscanthus</i> hybrids across Europe Open
Miscanthus , a C4 perennial rhizomatous grass from Asia is a leading candidate for the supply of sustainable biomass needed to grow the bioeconomy. European Miscanthus breeding programmes have recently produced a new range of seeded hybrid…
View article: Investigating applied drought in <i>Miscanthus sinensis</i>; sensitivity, response mechanisms, and subsequent recovery
Investigating applied drought in <i>Miscanthus sinensis</i>; sensitivity, response mechanisms, and subsequent recovery Open
Miscanthus is renowned for its excellent water‐use efficiency and good adaptability to a wide range of environmental conditions, making it suitable for cultivation on marginal soils. Drought is a major cause of this marginality, and its oc…
View article: Supporting data
Supporting data Open
Supporting data of the GCB Bioenergy manuscript "Investigating applied drought in Miscanthus sinensis; sensitivity, response mechanisms, and subsequent recovery"
View article: Breeding Targets to Improve Biomass Quality in Miscanthus
Breeding Targets to Improve Biomass Quality in Miscanthus Open
Lignocellulosic crops are attractive bioresources for energy and chemicals production within a sustainable, carbon circular society. Miscanthus is one of the perennial grasses that exhibits great potential as a dedicated feedstock for conv…
View article: Breeding progress and preparedness for mass‐scale deployment of perennial lignocellulosic biomass crops switchgrass, miscanthus, willow and poplar
Breeding progress and preparedness for mass‐scale deployment of perennial lignocellulosic biomass crops switchgrass, miscanthus, willow and poplar Open
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 crops (PBCs) that have high output–input energy ratios: namely Pa…
View article: Genetic complexity of miscanthus cell wall composition and biomass quality for biofuels
Genetic complexity of miscanthus cell wall composition and biomass quality for biofuels Open
In this work we report for the first time the genetic mapping of cell wall composition and bioconversion traits in the bioenergy crop miscanthus. These results are a first step towards the development of marker-assisted selection programs …
View article: Extending Miscanthus Cultivation with Novel Germplasm at Six Contrasting Sites
Extending Miscanthus Cultivation with Novel Germplasm at Six Contrasting Sites Open
Miscanthus is a genus of perennial rhizomatous grasses with C4 photosynthesis which is indigenous in a wide geographic range of Asian climates. The sterile clone, Miscanthus × giganteus (M. × giganteus), is a naturally occurring interspeci…
View article: Stability of Cell Wall Composition and Saccharification Efficiency in Miscanthus across Diverse Environments
Stability of Cell Wall Composition and Saccharification Efficiency in Miscanthus across Diverse Environments Open
To investigate the potential effects of differences between growth locations on the cell wall composition and saccharification efficiency of the bioenergy crop miscanthus, a diverse set of 15 accessions were evaluated in six locations acro…
View article: Progress on Optimizing Miscanthus Biomass Production for the European Bioeconomy: Results of the EU FP7 Project OPTIMISC
Progress on Optimizing Miscanthus Biomass Production for the European Bioeconomy: Results of the EU FP7 Project OPTIMISC Open
This paper describes the complete findings of the EU-funded research project OPTIMISC, which investigated methods to optimize the production and use of miscanthus biomass. Miscanthus bioenergy and bioproduct chains were investigated by tri…
View article: Supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> Extraction as an Effective Pretreatment Step for Wax Extraction in a Miscanthus Biorefinery
Supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> Extraction as an Effective Pretreatment Step for Wax Extraction in a Miscanthus Biorefinery Open
The use of supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) to extract valuable lipophilic compounds from miscanthus was investigated and subsequent enzymatic saccharification was carried out to determine the impact of scCO2 extraction on downstream p…
View article: Impact of drought stress on growth and quality of miscanthus for biofuel production
Impact of drought stress on growth and quality of miscanthus for biofuel production Open
Miscanthus has a high potential as a biomass feedstock for biofuel production. Drought tolerance is an important breeding goal in miscanthus as water deficit is a common abiotic stress and crop irrigation is in most cases uneconomical. Dro…
View article: Evaluation of <i>Miscanthus sinensis</i> biomass quality as feedstock for conversion into different bioenergy products
Evaluation of <i>Miscanthus sinensis</i> biomass quality as feedstock for conversion into different bioenergy products Open
Miscanthus is a promising fiber crop with high potential for sustainable biomass production for a biobased economy. The effect of biomass composition on the processing efficiency of miscanthus biomass for different biorefinery value chains…
View article: Progress on optimizing miscanthus biomass production for the european bioeconomy
Progress on optimizing miscanthus biomass production for the european bioeconomy Open
This paper describes the complete findings of the EU-funded research project OPTIMISC, which investigated methods to optimize the production and use of miscanthus biomass. Miscanthus bioenergy and bioproduct chains were investigated by tri…
View article: Orphan Crops Browser: a bridge between model and orphan crops
Orphan Crops Browser: a bridge between model and orphan crops Open
Many important crops have received little attention by the scientific community, either because they are not considered economically important or due to their large and complex genomes. De novo transcriptome assembly, using next-generation…
View article: OPTIMISC - Developing Miscanthus Production Systems for Marginal Lands
OPTIMISC - Developing Miscanthus Production Systems for Marginal Lands Open
Land can be characterized marginal either under economic or biophysical limitations. In the EU project OPTIMISC (Optimizing Miscanthus Biomass Production) miscanthus production systems for biophysically marginal production conditions, such…