Achievements

Listed below are some of SUNLIBB's achievements in the form of Deliverables, which were agreed in the original Description of Work. Please click to download a pdf of each Deliverable.

Deliverables - SUNLIBB

• Insights into predictive value of fodder digestibility for saccharification potential (1.3)
   
• Novel refined NIRs-based models for the HT analysis of cell wall composition in maize (1.5)
   
• Insights into the interactions between yield, drought tolerance and cell wall composition in maize (1.7)
   
• Markers for miscanthus biomass digestibility identified (1.11)
   
• Maize digestibility QTL fine mapped (1.13)
   
• Transcript profiles for the different stages of secondary cell wall development in miscanthus gene (D2.4)
   
• Detailed characterisation of maize matrix polysaccharides (3.2)
   
• Detailed characterisation of miscanthus matrix polysaccharides (3.3)
   
• Identification of activity of 3 new enzyme activities (3.5)
   
  
• Five maize or miscanthus mutant lines with altered cell wall polysaccharides characterised (3.6)
   
• Novel transgenic lines with improved saccharification in maize and miscanthus (4.2)
   
• Metabolic maps for maize, integrating transcripts, metabolites and altered fluxes (4.4)
   
• HT saccharification assay established in Brazil (5.1)
   
• HT saccharification assay for maize and miscanthus validated (5.2)
   
• Identification of QTL for cellulose digestibility in maize (5.4)
   
• Miscanthus varieties with more digestible biomass identified (5.5)
   
• Design of the best catalytic approach to generate lignin breakdown products (5.7)
   
• Four new cellulases trialled for biomass saccharification (5.8)
   
• A fully characterised range of hydrophobic molecules from CO2 extracts of C4 biomass (6.1)
   
• Production of high value phenolic compounds from C4 biomass (6.4)
   
• Demonstration of ethanol production from lignin from the breakdown of C4 biomass (6.5)
   
• Lab scale fermentation of sugars from breakdown of maize and miscanthus optimised (7.1)
   
• In-silico optimisation studies from lab scale data completed (7.3)
   
• Pilot scale fermentation of sugars from maize and miscanthus biomass optimised (7.5)
   
• Pilot scale trials repeated using improved feedstock from WP4 (7.6)
   
• Biorefinery model workbook (D8.2)
  - Excel work-book
   
  
• Maize supply chain workbook and supporting sustainability criteria report (D8.3)
  - Excel work-book | PDF Report
   
• Miscanthus supply chain workbook and supporting sustainability criteria report (D8.4)
  - Excel work-book | PDF Report
   
• Sensitivity and comparative analysis report (D8.5)
   
• Coordination Plan (D9.3)
   
• Project website established (D9.4)
   
• Policy briefs delivered to policy stakeholders (D9.8)
   
• Policy briefs delivered to policy stakeholders (D9.14)
   
• Industrial showcase event (D9.15)

Joint Deliverables (SUNLIBB / CeProBIO)

  Joint Deliverables Report

• - Identification of gene candidates in matrix polysaccharide synthesis based on work in model species (JD 3.1)
   
  - Detailed characterisation of maize, miscanthus and sugar cane matrix polysaccharides (JD 3.2)
   
  - Identification of additional 30 gene candidates involved in matrix polysaccharide synthesis (JD 3.3)
   
  - Identification of activity of 3 new enzyme activities(JD 3.4) 
    
• Lignin biosynthesis gene orthologs from maize, miscanthus and sugar cane (JD 4.1)
   
• A catalogue of aromatic molecules from C4 plants; continuous throughout the project sugar cane maize (JD 4.2)
   
• HT saccharification assay established in Brazil (JD 5.1)
   
• HT saccharification assay for maize, miscanthus and sugar cane validated (JD 5.2)
   
• A fully characterised range of hydrophobic molecules from sCO2 extracts of C4 biomass (JD 6.1)
   
• Optimised sCO₂ extraction protocols for marketable waxes and other compounds (JD 6.2)
   
• In-silico optimisation studies from lab scale data completed (JD 7.3)
   
• Biorefinery model workbook (JD 8.1)