Compositions, methods, and plant genes for the improved production of fermentable sugars for biofuel production
申请人:The Governing Council of the University of Toronto
公开号:US10760087B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-01
Described herein are compositions comprising at least one auxin transport inhibitor for pre-treating a plant or seed to increase saccharification, or saccharide release by hydrolysis, the at least one auxin transport inhibitor being in an amount effective to increase sugar release from a plant tissue by hydrolysis. Also described are plant mutations, and methods to screen for such plant mutations, having an improved sugar release phenotype. The described compositions, methods and plant mutations are particularly useful for producing biofuel crops, such as maize, to improve sugar extractability from lignocellulosic biomass and hence, the efficiency of bioethanol production overall.
本文描述了包含至少一种辅助素转运抑制剂的组合物,用于预处理植物或种子以增加糖化或通过水解释放糖,至少一种辅助素转运抑制剂的有效量可增加通过水解从植物组织中释放糖。还描述了具有改进的糖释放表型的植物突变和筛选这种植物突变的方法。所述组合物、方法和植物突变特别适用于生物燃料作物(如玉米)的生产,以提高从木质纤维素生物质中提取糖的能力,从而提高生物乙醇的总体生产效率。