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Genetic modification of cereal plants: A strategy to enhance bioethanol yields from agricultural waste
Institute of Technology, Chair of Biosystems Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 56, 51006 Tartu, Estonia.
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business.
Independent researcher, Canada.
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business.
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2020 (English)In: Industrial crops and products (Print), ISSN 0926-6690, E-ISSN 1872-633X, Vol. 150Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Cellulosic biomass has been widely used as a feedstock for biofuel applications due to its low-cost, renewability and abundance. However, the production of liquid biofuels is still costly and inefficient mainly due to the recalcitrant structure of lignocellulosic biomass. It requires expensive pretreatment methods to break down the plant cell wall, and efficient enzymes capable of hydrolysing cellulose into glucose. One possible solution to make bioethanol production cost-effective and, at the same time, increase the energy output from the biomass is genetic engineering. Genetic modification has been reported as an effective strategy to increase productivity, biomass yields and specific traits of various agricultural plants. This paper provides an overview of the potential of cereal-based agricultural waste as a feedstock for bioethanol production. It focuses on the progress of different techniques used in genetic modification (transgenesis, cisgenesis mutagenesis and conventional breeding) to genetically engineer plant cell wall. Utilization of genetic modification of cereal plants is proposed as a solution to high costs and low yields of bioethanol production from cereal-based agricultural waste.

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Elsevier, 2020. Vol. 150
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Bioethanol, Biofuel, Cell wall modification, Genetic engineering, Lignocellulose, Zero-waste
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Industrial Biotechnology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-24827DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.112408ISI: 000530684700027Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85083331808OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-24827DiVA, id: diva2:1521817
Available from: 2021-01-25 Created: 2021-01-25 Last updated: 2024-02-01Bibliographically approved

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