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Project Details
Key findings
Our component of this project led by the University of Dundee was to develop and implement a high-throughput analytical platform to allow the digestibility of lignocellulosic biomass to be assessed in a sensitive and reliable manner. The platform was successfully established around two automated pieces of equipment, the first to gring straw samples and dispense them accurately into the wells of 96-well plates; and the second a liquid-handling platform to perform pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of these plates, followed by measuring the release of reducing sugars by a colourimetric assay. This platform was eventually established as a robust and reliable tool for screening the very large (10s of thousands) of samples needed for the barley association genetic studies. We have successfully analysed three seasons of barley association genetics panels, allowing our collaborators to identify significant QTL for stem digestibility.
| Status | Finished |
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| Effective start/end date | 13/04/09 → 12/04/14 |
Funding
- BBSRC: £365,687.27
Research output
- 8 Article
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Evaluating the composition and processing potential of novel sources of Brazilian biomass for sustainable biorenewables production
Lima, M. A., Gomez, L. D., Steele-King, C. G., Simister, R., Bernardinelli, O. D., Carvalho, M. A., Rezende, C. A., Labate, C. A., Deazevedo, E. R., McQueen-Mason, S. J., Polikarpov, I. & McQueen Mason, S. J., 18 Jan 2014, In: Biotechnology for biofuels. 7, 1, p. 10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Disrupting the cynnamil alcohol dehydrogenase 1 gene (BdCAD1) leads to altered lignification and improved saccharification in Brachypodium distachyon.
M.B d'Yvoire, O. Bouchabke-Coussa, W.Voorend, S. Antelme, L. Cezard, F. Legee, P. Lebris, S. Legay, Whitehead, C. B., McQueen Mason, S. J., Gomez, L. D., L. Jouanin, C. Lapierre & R. Sibout, Feb 2013, In: Plant Journal. 73, 3, p. 496-508 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of pretreatment on morphology, chemical compostion and enzymatic digestibility of eucalyptus bark: a potentially valuable source of fermentable sugars for biofuel production - part 1.
Rezende C A, Bernardinelli O D, deAzevedo E R, Gomez L D, McQueen Mason, S. J., Labate C A, & Polikarpov I, May 2013, In: Biotechnology for biofuels. 6, 75, p. 1-17Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review