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ArticleGlobal change biology. Bioenergy2019

Breeding progress and preparedness for mass-scale deployment of perennial lignocellulosic biomass crops switchgrass, miscanthus, willow and poplar.

John Clifton-Brown, Antoine Harfouche, Michael D Casler, Huw Dylan Jones, William J Macalpine, Donal Murphy-Bokern, Lawrence B Smart, Anneli Adler, Chris Ashman, Danny Awty-Carroll and 49 more

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Article in Global change biology. Bioenergy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

59 authors.

John Clifton-BrownInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6477-5452
Antoine HarfoucheDepartment for Innovation in Biological, Agrofood and Forest systems University of Tuscia Viterbo Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3998-0694
Michael D CaslerUSDA-ARS U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center Madison Wisconsin.
Huw Dylan JonesInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth UK.
William J MacalpineRothamsted Research Harpenden UK.
Donal Murphy-BokernLohne Germany.
Lawrence B SmartHorticulture Section, School of Integrative Plant Science Cornell University Geneva New York.ORCID 0000-0002-7812-7736
Anneli AdlerSweTree Technologies AB Umeå Sweden.
Chris AshmanInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth UK.
Danny Awty-CarrollInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5855-0775
Catherine BastienINRA-BIOFORA Orléans France.
Sebastian BopperDepartment of Seed Science and Technology, Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics University of Hohenheim Stuttgart Germany.
Vasile BotnariInstitute of Genetics, Physiology and Plant Protection (IGFPP) of Academy of Sciences of Moldova Chisinau Moldova.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0470-0384
Maryse Brancourt-HulmelINRA-AgroImpact Péronne cedex France.
Zhiyong ChenInsitute of Miscanthus Hunan Agricultural University Hunan Changsha China.
Lindsay V ClarkDepartment of Crop Sciences & Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, 279 Edward R Madigan Laboratory University of Illinois Urbana Illinois.ORCID 0000-0002-3881-9252
Salvatore CosentinoDipartimento di Agricoltura Alimentazione e Ambiente Università degli Studi di Catania Catania Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7076-8777
Sue DaltonInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth UK.
Chris DaveyInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth UK.
Oene DolstraPlant Breeding Wageningen University & Research Wageningen The Netherlands.
Iain DonnisonInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth UK.
Richard FlavellBattersea London UK.
Joerg GreefJulius Kuhn-Institut (JKI) Bundesforschungsinstitut fur Kulturpflanzen Braunschweig Germany.
Steve HanleyRothamsted Research Harpenden UK.
Astley HastingsInstitute of Biological and Environmental Science University of Aberdeen Aberdeen UK.
Magnus HertzbergSweTree Technologies AB Umeå Sweden.
Tsai-Wen HsuTaiwan Endemic Species Research Institute (TESRI) Nantou County Taiwan.
Lin S HuangInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3079-326X
Antonella IuratoInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth UK.
Elaine JensenInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth UK.
Xiaoli JinDepartment of Agronomy & The Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resource of Zhejiang Province Zhejiang University Hangzhou China.
Uffe JørgensenDepartment of Agroecology Aarhus University Centre for Circular Bioeconomy Tjele Denmark.
Andreas KieselDepartment of Biobased Products and Energy Crops, Institute of Crop Science University of Hohenheim Stuttgart Germany.
Do-Soon KimDepartment of Plant Sciences, Research Institute of Agriculture & Life Sciences, CALS Seoul National University Seoul Korea.
Jianxiu LiuInstitute of Botany Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing China.
Jon P McCalmontInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5978-9574
Bernard G McMahonNatural Resources Research Institute University of Minnesota - Duluth Duluth Minnesota.
Michal MosEnergene sp. z o.o. Wrocław Poland.
Paul RobsonInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1841-3594
Erik J SacksDepartment of Crop Sciences & Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, 279 Edward R Madigan Laboratory University of Illinois Urbana Illinois.
Anatolii SanduInstitute of Genetics, Physiology and Plant Protection (IGFPP) of Academy of Sciences of Moldova Chisinau Moldova.ORCID 0000-0002-7900-448X
Giovanni ScaliciDipartimento di Agricoltura Alimentazione e Ambiente Università degli Studi di Catania Catania Italy.
Kai SchwarzJulius Kuhn-Institut (JKI) Bundesforschungsinstitut fur Kulturpflanzen Braunschweig Germany.
Danilo ScordiaDipartimento di Agricoltura Alimentazione e Ambiente Università degli Studi di Catania Catania Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3822-788X
Reza ShafieiJames Hutton Institute University of Dundee Dundee UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0891-0730
Ian ShieldRothamsted Research Harpenden UK.
Gancho SlavovRothamsted Research Harpenden UK.
Brian J StantonGreenWood Resources, Inc. Portland Oregon.
Kankshita SwaminathanHudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology Huntsville Alabama.
Gail TaylorBiological Sciences University of Southampton Southampton UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8470-6390
Andres F TorresPlant Breeding Wageningen University & Research Wageningen The Netherlands.
Luisa M TrindadePlant Breeding Wageningen University & Research Wageningen The Netherlands.
Timothy TschaplinskiThe Center for Bioenergy Innovation Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge Tennessee.
Gerald A TuskanThe Center for Bioenergy Innovation Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge Tennessee.
Toshihiko YamadaField Science Centre for the Northern Biosphere Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan.
Chang Yeon YuCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences 2 Kangwon National University Chuncheon South Korea.
Ronald S ZalesnyUSDA Forest Service Northern Research Station Rhinelander Wisconsin.
Junqin ZongInstitute of Botany Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing China.
Iris LewandowskiDepartment of Biobased Products and Energy Crops, Institute of Crop Science University of Hohenheim Stuttgart Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0388-4521

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/E006833/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/G00580X/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/C/00004158Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/C/00004975
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic improvement through breeding is one of the key approaches to increasing biomass supply. This paper documents the breeding progress to date for four perennial biomass crops (PBCs) that have high output-input energy ratios: namely

Indexed as

bioenergyfeedstockslignocelluloseMiscanthusM. sacchariflorusM. sinensisPanicum virgatumperennial biomass cropPopulus spp.Salix spp.

Identifiers

PMID30854028
PMCPMC6392185

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