Feedstocks Division
Lignocellulose is by nature highly resistant to being broken down or “deconstructed” into its fermentable sugars through either chemical or biological means. Researchers in JBEI’s Feedstock Division are developing specialty biofuel plants whose fermentable sugars can be more easily deconstructed. Achieving this goal requires a better understanding of the genes and enzymes that are involved in the making of lignocelluose. For this work, JBEI researchers are studying two model plant systems - rice and Arabidopsis, a small flowering plant related to mustard.
