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Enabling technologies for utilization of maize as a bioenergy feedstock

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Title Enabling technologies for utilization of maize as a bioenergy feedstock
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Creator Mukesh Choudhary
Alla Singh
Mamta Gupta
Sujay Rakshit
 
Subject Bioethanol
Maize lignocellulose
Microbial engineering
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Limited supplies of fossil fuels have led to a search for alternative sources of fuel to drive
economic growth. Maize, and especially the grain portion, has been utilized to a large extent for biofuel
production while the abundant lignocellulosic portion has remained underexplored owing to its recalcitrant
nature. The diversion of grain for bioethanol production has consequences for food security. However, the
lignocellulosic portion can easily be directed for ethanol production without any consequences for food
security. Maize has emerged as the leading crop in the last decade and hence provides a vast amount
of grain and biomass. Biomass quantity and its digestibility are the two key traits for efficient biofuel
production. Significant variation has been reported for these traits in maize. The brown midrib mutants
(bm) of maize, with reduced lignin content, can be exploited for the development of cultivars with better
digestibility. Recent advances in genetics and genomics revealed key genomic regions associated with
biomass-contributing traits. The molecular markers associated with the identified genomic regions can
be utilized for marker-aided development of cultivars with high biomass and better digestibility. Advances
in phenomics have also facilitated bioethanol-targeted breeding in maize. Biorefining uses feedstock as
input and processes it into biofuel. In this review, the improvement of maize as a feedstock and biological
conversion strategies of lignocellulosic biomass are assessed. Research and development platforms
to enable improvements in feedstock and biological processing are also discussed.
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Date 2020-08-18T06:30:25Z
2020-08-18T06:30:25Z
2019-11-19
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Choudhary, M.; Singh, A.; Gupta, M.; Rakshit, S. Enabling technologies for utilization of maize as a bioenergy feedstock. Biofuels Bioprod. Biorefining 2019, 14, 402–416.
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/39760
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd