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TreeForJoules - Improving eucalypt and poplar wood properties for bioenergy
Project
Project code: TI-HF-08-PID1448
Contract period: 01.06.2011
- 31.12.2014
Purpose of research: Applied research
Plants can be genetically modified and may develop a differing phenotype. Such processes can also lead to changed tissue properties. Trees can be treated in the same way and the wood of those trees can be specifically modified. The 'Tree for Joules' research project aims at a specific modification of poplar and eucalypt trees to optimize their suitability for energy purposes. The Tree for Joules project aims at the identification of factors on the molecular level which are playing a key role in the expression of the physico-chemical properties of wood cell walls. This is important for the utilization of this renewable resource for a more efficient production of second generation biofuels. The work plan contains 4 work packages. WP1 is the identifictaion of candidate genes and the production of transgenic poplar trees. The Thünen Institute of Wood Research carries out the identification of wood properties through microscopic and microspectroscopic analyses. This package represenst the so called 'microphenotyping' on the cell wall level.
Section overview
Subjects
- Forest genetics
- Renewable Resources