date:May 27, 2014
lf, for example to reduce the uronic acid content in the biomass, as suggested by these findings. In the main, oilseed rape has been bred to improve oilseed yield and disease resistance, without paying much attention to the straw.
The IFR is working with colleagues at the University of York and the John Innes Centre to see whether there are ways of breeding more biofuel-ready varieties of oilseed rape, with the same yields of oilseed but with more amenable straw. In addition, a full understandi