Approaches to developing sugarcane cultivars suitable for bioenergy, animal feed, and chemicals production
Dr. Amanda Fanelli
Industrial Biotechnology Former graduate student intern at DFRC
Wednesday, Jan. 3rd at 3 pm CST
Connection details:
https://www.zoomgov.com/j/16141396271
646-828-7666; ID: 161 4139 6271

Abstract: There has been a growing interest in using sugarcane biomass and fibers to generate energy and other products, in a concept known as biorefineries. This presentation will discuss the biomass composition of energy cane cultivars, which have higher biomass yield and fiber content. It will also discuss the challenges involved in using sugarcane fibers in biorefineries or for animal feed, and how genetic engineering can be used to generate cultivars with altered cell wall composition and increased digestibility. We will show the results of overexpressing a sugarcane gene from the BAHD acyltransferases family, ScAt10, in maize, generating crops that could be further explored both for bioenergy and production of p-coumaric acid, a chemical used in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry.
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Approaches to developing sugarcane cultivars suitable for bioenergy, animal feed, and chemicals production