Thursday, May 5, 2011: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Willow A-B, 2nd fl (Sheraton Seattle)
Chair:
Jorge Vivanco
Co-chair:
Michael Raab
8:00 AM
Improving water soluble sugar content in perennial rye-grass: Developing grasses for production of biofuels and bulk chemicals
Joe A. Gallagher, Lesley B Turner, Kerrie Farrar, Leif Skot, David N. Bryant, Emma Timms-Taravella, Mike S Morris, Markku Farrell, Ann Thomas and Iain S Donnison, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystywth, United Kingdom
Joe A. Gallagher, Lesley B Turner, Kerrie Farrar, Leif Skot, David N. Bryant, Emma Timms-Taravella, Mike S Morris, Markku Farrell, Ann Thomas and Iain S Donnison, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystywth, United Kingdom
8:30 AM
Engineering switchgrass CAD
Aaron J. Saathoff1, Christian Tobias2, Eric J. Haas3, Gautam Sarath1, Scott Sattler1 and Paul Twigg4, (1)Grain, Forage, and Bioenergy Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE, (2)Western Regional Research Center, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Albany, CA, (3)Department of Chemistry, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, (4)Department of Biology, University of Nebraska, Kearney, Kearney, NE
Aaron J. Saathoff1, Christian Tobias2, Eric J. Haas3, Gautam Sarath1, Scott Sattler1 and Paul Twigg4, (1)Grain, Forage, and Bioenergy Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE, (2)Western Regional Research Center, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Albany, CA, (3)Department of Chemistry, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, (4)Department of Biology, University of Nebraska, Kearney, Kearney, NE
9:00 AM
Expression of cell wall degrading enzymes in transgenic maize improves biomass hydrolysis
Nathan A. Ekborg, Biochemistry, Agrivida, Inc., Medford, MA
Nathan A. Ekborg, Biochemistry, Agrivida, Inc., Medford, MA
10:00 AM
Increase in 4-coumaryl alcohol (H) units during lignification alters extractability and molecular weight of lignin in two phylogentically distant species
Angela Ziebell1, Kristen Gracom1, Rui Katahira1, Fang Chen2, Will Rottman3, Richard A. Dixon2 and Mark F. Davis1, (1)National Bioenergy Center and BioEnergy Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (2)Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, (3)ArborGen, Summerville, SC
Angela Ziebell1, Kristen Gracom1, Rui Katahira1, Fang Chen2, Will Rottman3, Richard A. Dixon2 and Mark F. Davis1, (1)National Bioenergy Center and BioEnergy Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (2)Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, (3)ArborGen, Summerville, SC
10:30 AM
Bioaugmentation with Enterobacter sp. 638 to improve poplar biomass yields on marginal soils
Daniel van der Lelie1, Xiao Wu2, Wei Zhu2, Lee Newman3, Jaco Vangronsveld4 and Safiyh Taghavi5, (1)Center for Agriculture and Environmental Biotechnology, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, (2)Department of Applied Mathematics & Statistics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, (3)College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, (4)Cmk, Universiteit Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium, (5)Biology, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
Daniel van der Lelie1, Xiao Wu2, Wei Zhu2, Lee Newman3, Jaco Vangronsveld4 and Safiyh Taghavi5, (1)Center for Agriculture and Environmental Biotechnology, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, (2)Department of Applied Mathematics & Statistics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, (3)College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, (4)Cmk, Universiteit Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium, (5)Biology, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
11:00 AM
Underground communication between roots and the soil microbiome to improve sustainability of bioenergy crops
Jorge Vivanco, Horticulture, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
Jorge Vivanco, Horticulture, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
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