Genetic Differentiation in Response to Selection for Water-Soluble Carbohydrate Content in Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

• Published in: Bioenergy research Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 77 - 90
• Main Authors: Gallagher, J. A, Turner, L. B, Cairns, A. J, Farrell, M, Lovatt, J. A, Skøt, K, Armstead, I. P, Humphreys, M. O, Roldan-Ruiz, I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer-Verlag 01.03.2015; Springer US; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: aboveground biomass; Biomass; Biomass energy; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biorefineries; biorefining; breeding; carbohydrate content; Carbohydrates; Chromatography; Differentiation; Experiments; Feedstock; feedstocks; Fructans; fuels; genetic background; Genetic diversity; genetic variation; Genetics; genome; Genomes; Genomics; germplasm; Grasses; Homozygosity; Life Sciences; linkage disequilibrium; Loci; Lolium perenne; Materials selection; Petrochemicals; Plant biomass; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology; Plant Ecology; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Plant Sciences; Plants (organisms); Polymers; Raw materials; selection response; spring; Studies; Sugar; Synthesis; Wood Science & Technology; United Kingdom > UK; Allelic richness; Dry matter yield; Biorefining; Fructan polymers; Sugars; SSR markers
• ISSN: 1939-1234; 1939-1242
• DOI: 10.1007/s12155-014-9491-z

Plant carbohydrates are of increasing interest as renewable feedstocks to replace petrochemicals in the generation of fuels and production of high-value chemicals. Greater understanding of the genetic control of diversity in fructan synthesis and accumulation would facilitate more directed channelli...