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Elephant grass genotypes for bioenergy production by direct biomass combustion. Pesquisa
Agropecuária Brasileira 44(2):133–140
Mosier N, Wyman C, Dale B, Elander R, Lee YY, Holtzapple M, Ladisch M (2005) Features of
promising technologies for pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass. Bioresour Technol 96
(6):673–686
Müller-Langer F, Kaltschmitt M (2015) Biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass – a multi-criteria
approach for comparing overall concepts. Biomass Convers Bioref 5:43–61. https://doi.org/10.
1007/s13399-014-0125-7
Nakamura A, Watanabe H, Ishida T, Uchihashi T, Wada M, Ando T et al (2014) Trade-off between
processivity and hydrolytic velocity of cellobiohydrolases at the surface of crystalline cellulose.
J Am Chem Soc 136(12):4584–4592
Nigam JN (2002) Bioconversion of water-hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) hemicellulose acid
hydrolysate to motor fuel ethanol by xylose–fermenting yeast. J Biotechnol 97(2):107–116
Olsson L, Hahn-Hägerdal B (1996) Fermentation of lignocellulosic hydrolysates for ethanol
production. Enzym Microb Technol 18(5):312–331
Paszner L (1988) Salt catalyzed wood bonding with hemicellulose. Holzforschung-International J
Biol Chem Phys Technol Wood 42(1):11–20
Peng XUE (2009) Growth and biomass of six-year-old Eucalyptus urophylla plantation in Leizhou
forestry bureau. Eucalypt Sci Technol 1(9)
Pielhop T, Amgarten J, von Rohr PR, Studer MH (2016) Steam explosion pretreatment of
softwood: the effect of the explosive decompression on enzymatic digestibility. Biotechnol
Biofuels 9:152. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-016-0567-1
Prasad S, Singh A, Joshi HC (2007) Ethanol as an alternative fuel from agricultural, industrial and
urban residues. Resour Conserv Recycl 50(1):1–39
Pu Y, Zhang D, Singh PM, Ragauskas AJ (2008) The new forestry biofuels sector. Biofuels
Bioprod Biorefin 2:58–73
Quiroz-Castañeda RE, Folch-Mallol JL (2011) Plant cell wall degrading and remodeling proteins:
current perspectives. Biotecnol Appl 28:205–215
Ramos RLB et al (2001) Sugarcane expressed sequences tags (ESTs) encoding enzymes involved
in lignin biosynthesis pathways. Genet Mol Biol 24(1–4):235–241. https://doi.org/10.1590/
S1415-47572001000100031
Reddy N, Yang Y (2005) Biofibers from agricultural byproducts for industrial applications. Trends
Biotechnol 23(1):22–27
REUTERS (2017) Usinas de cana da Índia devem mais do que dobrar oferta de etanol para mistura à
gasoline. https://br.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idBRKBN1EE1L4-OBRBS. Accessed
10 Jan 2019
Rocha GJM, Gonçalves AR, Oliveira BR et al (2012) Steam explosion pretreatment reproduction
and alkaline delignification reactions performed on a pilot scale with sugarcane bagasse for
bioethanol production. Ind Crops Prod 35:274–279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.07.
010
Rocha JR d AS d C et al (2017) Bioenergetic potential and genetic diversity of elephant grass via
morpho-agronomic and biomass quality traits. Ind\ Crops Prod. Elsevier B.V. 95:485–492.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.10.060
Saini JK, Saini R, Tewari L (2015) Lignocellulosic agriculture wastes as biomass feedstocks for
second-generation bioethanol production: concepts and recent developments. Biotech 5(4):337–
353
Sánchez C (2009) Lignocellulosic residues: biodegradation and bioconversion by fungi. Biotechnol
Adv 27(2):185–194
Sannigrahi P, Ragauskas AJ (2010) Poplar as a feedstock for biofuels : A review of compositional
characteristics. Biofuels Bioprod Bioref 4:209–226. https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb
Santos FA, Queiróz JH, Colodette JG, Fernandes SA, Guimarães VM, Rezende ST (2012) Potencial
da palha de cana-de-açúcar para produção de etanol. Química Nova 35(5):1–7
62
F. L. Shimizu et al.