Transcript and Metabolite Profiling for the Evaluation of Tobacco Tree and Poplar as Feedstock for the Bio-based IndustryColin Ruprecht 1, Takayuki Tohge 1, Alisdair Fernie 1, Cara L. Mortimer 2, Amanda Kozlo 2, Paul D. Fraser 2, Norma Funke 1, Igor Cesarino 3,4, Ruben Vanholme 3,4, Wout Boerjan 3,4, Kris Morreel 3,4, Ingo Burgert 5,6, Notburga Gierlinger 5,6, Vincent Bulone 7, Vera Schneider 8, Andrea Stockero 8, Juan Navarro-Aviñó 9, Frank Pudel 10, Bart Tambuyser 11, James Hygate 12, Jon Bumstead 13, Louis Notley 13, Staffan Persson 1,14
1Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, 2School of Biological Sciences, Plant Molecular Science, Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Royal Holloway, University of London, 3Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 4Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, UGhent, 5Institute for Building Materials, ETH Zurich, 6Applied Wood Materials, EMPA, 7Division of Glycoscience, School of Biotechnology, AlbaNova University Center, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), 8European Research and Project Office GmbH, 9ABBA Gaia S.L., 10Pflanzenöltechnologie, 11Capax Environmental Services, 12Green Fuels, 13Neutral Consulting Ltd, 14Plant Cell Biology Research Centre, School of Botany, University of Melbourne
Plant biomass offers a renewable resource for multiple products, including fuel, feed, food, and a variety of materials. In this paper we investigate the properties of tobacco tree (Nicotiana glauca) and poplar as suitable sources for a biorefinery pipeline.
