Recent innovations in analytical methods for the qualitative and quantitative assessment of lignin

JS Lupoi, S Singh, R Parthasarathi, BA Simmons… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
As the attraction of creating biofuels and bio-based chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass
has increased, researchers have been challenged with develo** a better understanding …

Non-destructive evaluation techniques and what they tell us about wood property variation

L Schimleck, J Dahlen, LA Apiolaza, G Downes… - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
To maximize utilization of our forest resources, detailed knowledge of wood property
variation and the impacts this has on end-product performance is required at multiple scales …

Dissecting the phenotypic components of crop plant growth and drought responses based on high-throughput image analysis

D Chen, K Neumann, S Friedel, B Kilian, M Chen… - The plant …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Significantly improved crop varieties are urgently needed to feed the rapidly growing human
population under changing climates. While genome sequence information and excellent …

Lignin biosynthesis perturbations affect secondary cell wall composition and saccharification yield in Arabidopsis thaliana

R Van Acker, R Vanholme, V Storme… - Biotechnology for …, 2013 - Springer
Background Second-generation biofuels are generally produced from the polysaccharides
in the lignocellulosic plant biomass, mainly cellulose. However, because cellulose is …

Screening of key drought tolerance indices for cotton at the flowering and boll setting stage using the dimension reduction method

FL Sun, Q Chen, QJ Chen, M Jiang, W Gao… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Drought is one of the main abiotic stresses that seriously influences cotton production. Many
indicators can be used to evaluate cotton drought tolerance, but the key indicators remain to …

Genomic insights into selection for heterozygous alleles and woody traits in Populus tomentosa

P Li, L **ao, Q Du, M Quan, Y Song… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Heterozygous alleles are widespread in outcrossing and clonally propagated woody plants.
The variation in heterozygosity that underlies population adaptive evolution and phenotypic …

Genetic divergence in forest trees: understanding the consequences of climate change

A Kremer, BM Potts, S Delzon - Functional Ecology, 2014 - JSTOR
1. Predicted climate change is heading in many respects into untested environmental
conditions for trees and to the reshuffling of species distributions. We explore the …

Beneficial and healthy properties of Eucalyptus plants: A great potential use

MG Vecchio, C Loganes, C Minto - The Open Agriculture Journal, 2016 - benthamopen.com
Abstract Eucalyptus (Eucapyptus spp.), an evergreen tall tree native to Australia and
Tasmania, has been used since ancient times by the aboriginal population for several …

Assessment of lignocellulosic biomass using analytical spectroscopy: an evolution to high-throughput techniques

JS Lupoi, S Singh, BA Simmons, RJ Henry - BioEnergy Research, 2014 - Springer
Lignocellulosic biomass has been proposed as an option for reducing global dependence
on nonrenewable energy sources, such as oil. Selection and development of biomass …

Xylan extraction from hardwoods by alkaline pretreatment for xylooligosaccharide production: A detailed fractionation analysis

L Lehuedé, C Henríquez, C Carú, A Córdova… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the last decades, the production of value-added products from lignocellulosic biomass
(LCB) has gained relevance. Xylans, which are the main hemicellulose compounds in LCB …