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ReviewBioMed research international2017

Biotechnological Strategies to Improve Plant Biomass Quality for Bioethanol Production.

Julián Mario Peña-Castro, Sandra Del Moral, Lizeth Núñez-López, Blanca E Barrera-Figueroa, Lorena Amaya-Delgado

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Review in BioMed research international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Accumulation of starch in duckweeds (Lemnaceae), potential energy plants.Physiology and molecular biology of plants : an international journal of functional plant biology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Julián Mario Peña-CastroLaboratorio de Biotecnología Vegetal, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad del Papaloapan, 68333 Tuxtepec, OAX, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-6057-5357
Sandra Del MoralLaboratorio de Biología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad del Papaloapan, 68333 Tuxtepec, OAX, Mexico.
Lizeth Núñez-LópezLaboratorio de Biotecnología Vegetal, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad del Papaloapan, 68333 Tuxtepec, OAX, Mexico.
Blanca E Barrera-FigueroaLaboratorio de Biotecnología Vegetal, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad del Papaloapan, 68333 Tuxtepec, OAX, Mexico.
Lorena Amaya-DelgadoUnidad de Biotecnología Industrial, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, 45019 Zapopan, JAL, Mexico.
Universidad del Papaloapan · MXCentro de Investigación y Proyectos en Ambiente y Desarrollo · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transition from an economy dependent on nonrenewable energy sources to one with higher diversity of renewables will not be a simple process. It requires an important research effort to adapt to the dynamics of the changing energy market, sort costly processes, and avoid overlapping with social interest markets such as food and livestock production. In this review, we analyze the desirable traits of raw plant materials for the bioethanol industry and the molecular biotechnology strategies employed to improve them, in either plants already under use (as maize) or proposed species (large grass families). The fundamentals of these applications can be found in the mechanisms by which plants have evolved different pathways to manage carbon resources for reproduction or survival in unexpected conditions. Here, we review the means by which this information can be used to manipulate these mechanisms for commercial uses, including saccharification improvement of starch and cellulose, decrease in cell wall recalcitrance through lignin modification, and increase in plant biomass.

Indexed as

BiomassBiotechnologyCelluloseCell WallEthanolPlantsStarchCelluloseEthanolStarch

Identifiers

PMID28951875
PMCPMC5603102
OpenAlexW2751814117

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