Article
Significant Variation for Bio-oil Compounds After Pyrolysis/Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry of Cobs and Stover Among Five Near-Isogenic Brown Midrib Hybrids in Maize
BioEnergy Research
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
6-1-2014
DOI
10.1007/s12155-013-9395-3
Abstract
We analyzed five near-isogenic brown-midrib hybrids in maize via pyrolysis/gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py/GC-MS) in order to determine how differing lignin composition and structure impacts individual bio-oil compounds. Twenty six compounds were analyzed for differences among the five hybrids and between cob and stover materials. We found statistically significant differences for 9 compounds, when comparing the five hybrids, and 17 significant differences when comparing maize cobs with stover. Our data indicate that it may be possible to predict phenolic compounds within bio-oil based on cell wall lignin composition. The genetic variation observed in this study suggests that bio-oil quality can be improved by plant breeding.
Copyright Owner
Springer Science+Business Media
Copyright Date
2013
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Brandon Jeffrey, Dan Nettleton, Najeeb Kuzhiyil, Marjorie Rover, et al.. "Significant Variation for Bio-oil Compounds After Pyrolysis/Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry of Cobs and Stover Among Five Near-Isogenic Brown Midrib Hybrids in Maize" BioEnergy Research Vol. 7 Iss. 2 (2014) p. 693 - 701 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/thomas-lubberstedt/72/
This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in BioEnergy Research. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12155-013-9395-3. Posted with permission.