Genetic dissection of bioenergy traits in sorghum
Wilfred Vermerris¹, Ana Saballos¹, Stephen Kresovich², Seth Murray³, William Rooney³, Jeffrey F. Pedersen⁴, Scott Sattler⁴ and Zhanguo Xin⁵, (1)Genetics Institute and Agronomy department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, (2)Office of Research, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, (3)Dept. of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (4)Grain, Forage, and Bioenergy Research, USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE, (5)USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX

Molecular factors associated with altered cell wall chemistry in Populus
Udaya C. Kalluri¹, Gerald Tuskan¹, Timothy Tschaplinski¹, Xiaohan Yang¹, Sara Jawdy¹, Ranjan Priya¹, Maud Hinchee², Shujun Chang², Erika Lindquist³, Zhong Wang³, Hettich Robert⁴, Andrews Paul⁴, Mark Davis⁵ and Robert Sykes⁵, (1)Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge, TN, (2)Arborgen LLC, (3)Joint Genome Institute, (4)Oak Ridge National Laboratory and BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge, TN, (5)National Bioenergy Center and BioEnergy Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO

Lignin modification in switchgrass for improved ethanol production
Chunxiang Fu¹, Jonathan R. Mielenz², Xirong Xiao¹, Choo Hamilton², Fang Chen³, Joe Bouton⁴, Richard A. Dixon³ and Zeng-Yu Wang⁵, (1)Forage Improvement Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, (2)Biosciences Division and BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (3)Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, (4)Forage Improvement Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc., Ardmore, OK, (5)Forage Improvement Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation

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Lignin modification for biomass improvement- benefits and consequences
Richard A. Dixon, Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK

Separation, hydrolysis and fermentation of pyrolytic sugars
Jieni Lian¹, Shuai Zhou¹, Zhouhong Wang¹, Chun-zhu Li², Manuel Garcia-Perez¹ and Shulin Chen¹, (1)Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, (2)Curtin Centre for Advanced Energy Science and Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

Discovering traits controlling winter hardiness and spring regrowth in diverse switchgrass germplasm
Gautam Sarath¹, Kenneth P. Vogel¹, Christian Tobias², Madhavan Soundararajan³, Paul Twigg⁴, Aaron J. Saathoff⁵ and Miki Okada², (1)Grain, Forage, and Bioenergy Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE, (2)Western Regional Research Center, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Albany, CA, (3)Biochemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, (4)Department of Biology, University of Nebraska, Kearney, Kearney, NE, (5)Grain, Forage and Bioenergy Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE