Enhance the Efficiency of Cereal Straw for Biofuel Production (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

The University of Hong Kong

Enhance the Efficiency of Cereal Straw for Biofuel Production (1 of 3)

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Control (left) and experimental (right) are shown. After flavone synthase II (FNII) is knocked out, rice straw does not produce tricin and its lignin content is reduced by approximately one-third. The glucose yield is increased by 37% after cellulose degradation.

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