Improved Sugar Conversion and Ethanol Yield for Forage Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) Lines with Reduced Lignin Contents

Authors

• Bruce S. Dien, USDA-ARSFollow
• Gautam Sarath, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
• Jeffrey F. Pedersen, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Scott E. Sattler, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Han Chen, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Deanna L. Funnell-Harris, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Nancy N. Nichols, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
• Michael A. Cotta, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2009

Comments

Published in Bioenerg. Res. (2009) 2:153–164.

Abstract

Lignin is known to impede conversion of lignocellulose into ethanol. In this study, forage sorghum plants carrying brown midrib (bmr) mutations, which reduce lignin contents, were evaluated as bioenergy feedstocks.