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Biomass composition of two new energy cane cultivars compared with their ancestral Saccharum spontaneum during internode development

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Author(s):
Fanelli, Amanda [1] ; Reinhardt, Laurie [2] ; Matsuoka, Sizuo [3] ; Ferraz, Andre [4] ; Silva, Tatiane da Franca [1] ; Hatfield, Ronald D. [2] ; Romanel, Elisson [1]
Total Authors: 7
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Biotecnol, Lab Genom Plantas & Bioenergia PGEMBL, Escola Engn Lorena, BR-12602810 Lorena, SP - Brazil
[2] ARS, US Dairy Forage Res Ctr, USDA, Madison, WI 53706 - USA
[3] VIGNIS SA, BR-13069380 Campinas, SP - Brazil
[4] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Biotecnol, Lab Ciencias Madeira, Escola Engn Lorena, BR-12602810 Lorena, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: BIOMASS & BIOENERGY; v. 141, OCT 2020.
Web of Science Citations: 1
Abstract

Traditional sugarcane breeding seeks for high sucrose content. However, with the increasing demand for renewable energy sources, there has been a shift in desired traits for sugarcane as an energy crop. Energy cane is a cultivar developed from Saccharum spp. with high fiber, higher biomass productivity and resilience, having great potential as a bioenergy feedstock. This work analyzed biomass content and chemical composition of two energy cane clones (VG1126 and VIGNIS 3) and one of its progenitors, S. spontaneum (VG spo), throughout distinct stages of internode development. VG1126 had a fiber and sucrose content closer to the ancestral, showing 24% more fiber than VIGNIS 3, being more suitable for industrial lignocellulose applications. Both energy canes showed an increase in lignin content, S/G ratio and pCA along internode development. Ancestral cane, however, showed similar composition across culm development, suggesting that it completes vegetative growth faster than energy cane. Although the three crops have different fiber contentconte, sucrose content, and morphology, their overall biomass composition (lignin, cell wall sugars, and hydroxycinnamates) was similar. These results represent a useful model to follow chemical cell wall composition during vegetative cell development and are expected to help breeding energy cane cultivars programs to use in biorefineries. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 14/06923-6 - Sugar cane biomass recalcitrance: basic knowledge related to the cell wall construction, pretreatment and enzymatic digestion, applied for the development of innovative biorefinery models
Grantee:Andre Luis Ferraz
Support Opportunities: Program for Research on Bioenergy (BIOEN) - Thematic Grants
FAPESP's process: 14/17486-6 - Genomics of hemicellulose biosynthesis in sugarcane: understanding the relationship of genes and the recalcitrance of cell wall
Grantee:Elisson Antonio da Costa Romanel
Support Opportunities: Program for Research on Bioenergy (BIOEN) - Regular Program Grants
FAPESP's process: 16/24391-7 - Evolutionary and genomics functional analysis of sugarcane genes involved in the recalcitrance cell wall
Grantee:Elisson Antonio da Costa Romanel
Support Opportunities: Program for Research on Bioenergy (BIOEN) - Regular Program Grants
FAPESP's process: 16/25785-9 - Prospection and biotechnological use evaluations of genes involved in the structural modification of crystalline cellulose in sugarcane
Grantee:Tatiane da Franca Silva
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants