Author
Tetreault, Hannah | |
Scully, Erin | |
CLEMENTE, THOMAS - University Of Nebraska | |
Sattler, Scott |
Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only Publication Acceptance Date: 11/28/2016 Publication Date: N/A Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) is an opportune crop for bioenergy due to its high yield potential, and lower nitrogen and water requirements. Transgenic constructs expressing monolignol biosynthetic genes under control of 35S promoter have been developed and used for sorghum transformation to examine the consequences to biomass composition and energy content. Ectopic expression of caffeoyl CoA O-methyltransferase (SbCCoAOMT), an enzyme in the monolignol pathway, resulted in an increase in total energy content and modifications to cell wall composition that were detectable through histochemical staining and GC-MS analysis. 35S::SbCCoAOMT induced changes may improve sorghum biomass for a range of conversion technologies. |