Among the potential non-food energy crops,the sugar-rich C4 grass sweet sorghum and the biomass-rich Miscanthus are increasingly considered as two leading candidates.Here,we outline the biological traits of these energy crops for largescale production in China.We also review recent progress on understanding of plant cell wall composition and wall polymer features of both plant species from large populations that affect both biomass enzymatic digestibility and ethanol conversion rates under various pretreatment conditions.We finally propose genetic approaches to enhance biomass production,enzymatic digestibility and sugar-ethanol conversion efficiency of the energy crops.
HU Shi-weiWU Lei-mingStaffan PerssonPENG Liang-caiFENG Sheng-qiu
研究了不同浓度酸/碱预处理下芒草预处理上清液中副产物的生成和预处理上清液发酵产乙醇的规律,并对预处理副产物与乙醇发酵的关系进行了相关性分析。结果表明:酸/碱预处理上清液中预处理副产物浓度差异较为明显,酸处理产生的糠醛、5-羟甲基糠醛浓度明显高于碱处理,而碱处理上清液中丁香酸、香草醛、对香豆酸、阿魏酸浓度明显大于酸处理;预处理上清液补糖发酵中,1%H2SO4预处理上清液糖醇转化效率高于10 g/L Na OH预处理,半纤维素含量高和木质素含量低的材料具有较高的糖醇转化效率;糖醇转化效率与相应预处理上清液中副产物浓度相关性分析显示,糖醇转化效率与5-羟甲基糠醛呈极显著正相关,相关系数达0.795,与香草醛和丁香酸分别表现为极显著和显著负相关,相关系数分别为-0.811和-0.671。
