Review
Biofuel and energy crops: high-yield Saccharinae take center stage in the post-genomics era
1 Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 748, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2 Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Genome Biology 2013, 14:210 doi:10.1186/gb-2013-14-6-210
Published: 27 June 2013Abstract
The Saccharinae, especially sugarcane, Miscanthus and sorghum, present remarkable characteristics for bioenergy production. Biotechnology of these plants will be important for a sustainable feedstock supply. Herein, we review knowledge useful for their improvement and synergies gained by their parallel study.
