Transgenics are imperative for biofuel crops
By J. Gressel. 2008
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Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Plant Science
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- Biodiesel production from Jatropha curcas: A review (2010, positive): “It is a hardy shrub that can grow on poor soils and areas of low rainfall (from 250 mm a year) hence its being promoted as the ideal plant for small farmers (Sarin et al., 2007; Foidl et al., 1996; Gressel, 2008).”
- Narrow genetic and apparent phenetic diversity in Jatropha curcas : initial success with generating low phorbol ester interspecific hybrids (2009, background): “Elimination of toxins such as curcins was recommended as one of the primary targets (Gressel, 2008) because curcin being similar to ricin has an immediate toxic, often fatal effect (Gressel, 2008).”
- Biofuels, facts, fantasy, and feasibility (2009, background): “Nevertheless, having attempted much of the same, I can say with confidence that these and similar, much reproduced figures (see, e.g., Gressel, 2008 ), frequently exaggerate the actual yields (cf.”
- Microwave energy potential for biodiesel production (2013, background): “Algal biofuels are thus renewable, sustainable, and environmentally-benign [82-85].”
- Advancing environmental risk assessment for transgenic biofeedstock crops (2009, methodology): “Transgenics represents a leading method for the timely development and deployment of these unique biofeedstock crops [5].”
- Advances and perspectives in using microalgae to produce biodiesel (2011, background): “When the wild species available in formal collections and described in the literature are not feasible for commercial production of biodiesel, one may resort to genetic engineering [16] – so as to improve and tune the features of native microalgae, with the aim of enhancing productivity and yield.”
- Constraints to commercialization of algal fuels. (2013, background): “Of course, genetically modified terrestrial crops have been widely cultivated in the open for decades (Gressel, 2008), but doing so with microalgae may pose new problems.”
- Genetic modification of lignin biosynthesis for improved biofuel production (2009, background): “Transgenic technology has greatly contributed to breakthroughs in plant improvement and is expected to play a crucial role in coming years in genetic modification of crops for biofuel production by modifying quantity or quality of biomass (Sánchez and Cardona 2007; Gressel 2008).”
- Commercial cellulosic ethanol: The role of plant-expressed enzymes (2009, background): “For example, despite being the most abundant agricultural biomass feedstock globally (Kim and Dale 2004), rice straw has a high silica content that acts to inhibit enzymatic hydrolysis and may cause other problems in biomass processing (Gressel 2008).”
- Current status and future prospects of renewable energy in Nigeria (2015, background): “High cost of enzymes that are required for large scale feedstock processing which make the production expensive affect the biofuel industry [87–90].”
- Placing microalgae on the biofuels priority list: a review of the technological challenges (2010, background): “essential (Gressel 2008) in order to boost production levels beyond what can be achieved by manipulation of growth and nutrient conditions.”
- Genetically Engineered Algae for Biofuels: A Key Role for Ecologists (2012, background): “Keywords: transgenic organisms, biofuel, algae, risk assessment, synthetic biology engineered (GE; e.g., Gressel 2008, Rosenberg et al. 2008, Flynn et al. 2010, Robertson et al. 2011).”