Abstract
Researchers in JBEI's Feedstocks Division are developing plants whose lignocellulosic biomass can be more economically and efficiently deconstructed into fermentable sugars for the production of biofuels. Achieving this requires a far better scientific understanding of plant cell wall structure, as well as identifying all the genes and enzymes involved in making lignocellulose. JBEI Feedstocks Division researchers focus their studies on rice, a genetic model for switchgrass and Miscanthus, two perennial grasses with great potential as energy crops; and on Arabidopsis, a small flowering plant related to mustard, which is a model for poplar, a tree that's also touted as a future source of biofuels. Rice and Arabidopsis go from seed to maturity in a matter of weeks, as compared to the year or more required for the biofuel plants they model.
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