Enzymatic saccharification of corn stover using Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Gloeophyllum trabeum and subsequent fermentation of the saccharification products to ethanol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli K011 were achieved. Prior to simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) for ethanol production, solid-state fermentation was performed for four days on ground corn s...

Detasseling is the operation that consists of removing the tassels of the female plants prior to silk emergence CERES-Maize, which was designed for simulation of hybrid maize and pollen shed to prevent self-pollination. During this (Zea mays L.), cannot be applied directly to seed-producing inbred maize because of specific field operations and physiological traits of operation, several leaves a...

Due to an increasing demand for environmentally sustainable products, miscanthus and maize stover represent interesting lignocellulosic resources conversion into biofuels biomaterials. The overall purpose was compare regarding cell-wall composition stem anatomy bioethanol polymer composites using partial least squares regressions. For each of the two crops, six contrasted genotypes were cultiva...

Power, J.F., Wilhelm, W.W. and Doran, J.W., 1986. Crop residue effects on soil environment and dryland maize and soya bean production. Soil Tillage Res., 8 : 101-111. The research reported here provides data on the effects of crop residues o n the surface of no-till soil upon the soil environment and resulting biological activity, including crop growth. For maize (Zea mays L.) and soya bean [Gl...

BACKGROUND Despite the recognition that feedstock composition influences biomass conversion efficiency, limited information exists as to how bioenergy crops with reduced recalcitrance can improve the economics and sustainability of cellulosic fuel conversion platforms. We have compared the bioenergy potential-estimated as total glucose productivity per hectare (TGP)-of maize cultivars contrasti...

A field experiment was conducted on maize (Zea mays L.) during rabi (November - February), 2018–19 to study the effect of drip fertigation Nitrogen (N), Potassium(K) and microbial consortium (MC) at Water Technology Centre, College Agriculture, PJTSAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. The laid out in randomized block design replicated thrice. treatments, comprising two fertility levels viz., 75% 100% ...

Competition over land between food and fodder production, along with recurrent droughts increasing population, has put mixed crop–livestock farming systems in the drylands of sub-Saharan Africa under pressure. Dual-purpose crops hold huge potential to ease this pressure simultaneously improve availability these systems. We investigated farmers’ preferences for dual-purpose maize, sorghum, groun...

Corn stover, a major crop‐based lignocellulosic biomass feedstock, is required to be at an optimum moisture content for efficient bioconversion processes. Environmental conditions surrounding corn stover, as in storage facilities, affect its moisture due to hygroscopic sorption or desorption. The measurement and modeling of sorption characteristics of corn stover and its leaf, husk, and stalk f...

Corn stover is usually treated by an energy-intensive or expensive process to extract sugars for bioenergy production. However, it is possible to directly generate electricity from corn stover in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) through the addition of microbial consortia specifically acclimated for biomass breakdown. A mixed culture that was developed to have a high saccharification rate with corn ...