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Guerra‐Garcia A, Haile T, Ogutcen E, Bett KE, von Wettberg EJ. An evolutionary look into the history of lentil reveals unexpected diversity. Evol Appl 2022; 15:1313-1325. [PMID: 36051460 PMCID: PMC9423085 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The characterization and preservation of genetic variation in crops is critical to meeting the challenges of breeding in the face of changing climates and markets. In recent years, the use of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) has become routine, allowing us to understand the population structure, find divergent lines for crosses, and illuminate the origin of crops. However, the focus on SNPs overlooks other forms of variation, such as copy number variation (CNVs). Lentil is the third most important cold-season legume and was domesticated in the Fertile Crescent. We genotyped 324 accessions that represent its global diversity, and using both SNPs and CNVs, we dissected the population structure and genetic variation, and identified candidate genes. Eight clusters were detected, most of them located in or near the Fertile Crescent, even though different clusters were present in distinct regions. The cluster from South Asia was particularly differentiated and presented low diversity, contrasting with the clusters from the Mediterranean and the northern temperate. Accessions from North America were mainly assigned to one cluster and were highly diverse, reflecting the efforts of breeding programs to integrate variation. Thirty-three genes were identified as candidates under selection and among their functions were sporopollenin synthesis in pollen, a component of chlorophyll B reductase that partially determines the antenna size, and two genes related to the import system of chloroplasts. Eleven percent of all lentil genes and 21% of lentil disease resistance genes were affected by CNVs. The gene categories overrepresented in these genes were "enzymes," "Cell Wall Organization," and "external stimuli response." All the genes found in the latter were associated with pathogen response. CNVs provided information about population structure and might have played a role in adaptation. The incorporation of CNVs in diversity studies is needed for a broader understanding of how they evolve and contribute to domestication.
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- Azalea Guerra‐Garcia
- Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of SaskatchewanSaskatoonSaskatchewanCanada
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- Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of SaskatchewanSaskatoonSaskatchewanCanada
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- Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de GenèveGenevaSwitzerland
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- Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of SaskatchewanSaskatoonSaskatchewanCanada
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- Plant and Soil Science and Gund Institute for the EnvironmentUniversity of VermontBurlingtonVermontUSA
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Ghosh S, Godoy L, Anchang KY, Achilonu CC, Gryzenhout M. Fungal Cellulases: Current Research and Future Challenges. Fungal Biol 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-85603-8_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Li H, Wu H, Yu Z, Zhang H, Yang S. CO 2 -Enabled Biomass Fractionation/Depolymerization: A Highly Versatile Pre-Step for Downstream Processing. CHEMSUSCHEM 2020; 13:3565-3582. [PMID: 32285649 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202000575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 04/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Lignocellulosic biomass is inevitably subject to fractionation and depolymerization processes for enhanced selectivity toward specific products, in most cases prior to catalytic upgrading of the three main fractions-cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. Among the developed pretreatment techniques, CO2 -assisted biomass processing exhibits some unique advantages such as the lowest critical temperature (31.0 °C) with moderate critical pressure, low cost, nontoxicity, nonflammability, ready availability, and the addition of acidity, alongside easy recovery by pressure release. This Review showcases progress in the study of sub- or supercritical CO2 -mediated thermal processing of lignocellulosic biomass-the key pre-step for downstream conversion processes. The auxo-action of CO2 in biomass pretreatment and fractionation, along with the involved variables, direct degradation of untreated biomass in CO2 by gasification, pyrolysis, and liquefaction with relevant conversion mechanisms, and CO2 -enabled depolymerization of lignocellulosic fractions with representative reaction pathways are summarized. Moreover, future prospects for the practical application of CO2 -assisted up- and downstream biomass-to-bioproduct conversion are also briefly discussed.
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- Hu Li
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide & Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide & Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, State-Local Joint Laboratory for Comprehensive Utilization of Biomass, Center for Research & Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide & Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide & Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, State-Local Joint Laboratory for Comprehensive Utilization of Biomass, Center for Research & Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide & Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide & Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, State-Local Joint Laboratory for Comprehensive Utilization of Biomass, Center for Research & Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide & Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide & Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, State-Local Joint Laboratory for Comprehensive Utilization of Biomass, Center for Research & Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide & Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide & Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, State-Local Joint Laboratory for Comprehensive Utilization of Biomass, Center for Research & Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, P.R. China
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Brannan RG, Faik A, Goelz R, Pattathil S. Identification and analysis of cell wall glycan epitopes and polyphenol oxidase in pawpaw ( Asimina triloba [L.] Dunal) fruit pulp as affected by high pressure processing and refrigerated storage. FOOD SCI TECHNOL INT 2019; 25:711-722. [PMID: 31291761 DOI: 10.1177/1082013219856769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This research explores the cell wall composition and polyphenol oxidase activity of two pawpaw (Asimina triloba) fruit varieties, Susquehanna and Green River Belle, that were subjected to high pressure processing and 45 days of refrigerated storage. We hypothesize that high pressure processing may inhibit enzymatic action responsible for pawpaw's deleterious postharvest tissue softening and browning. Glycome profiling uses mAb groupings that recognize 19 groups of glycan epitopes present in most major classes of cell wall glycans and was used to determine cell wall composition. Results show that both varieties have typical type I primary cell walls of flowering dicots. However, differences in the fine cell wall structure between the varieties can be inferred and the varieties behaved differently during refrigerated storage, likely indicating of a difference in cell wall-modifying enzymes present in the primary cell walls. High pressure processing treatment does not seem to be effective at eliminating polyphenol oxidase activity.
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- Robert G Brannan
- 1 School of Applied Health Sciences and Wellness, Ohio University, Athens, USA
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- 2 Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University, Athens, USA
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- 3 Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
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- 3 Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.,4 Mascoma LLC (Lallemand Inc.), Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
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Gu T, Held MA, Faik A. Supercritical CO2 and ionic liquids for the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass in bioethanol production. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2013; 34:1735-49. [PMID: 24350431 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2013.809777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Owing to high petroleum prices, there has been a major push in recent years to use lignocellulosic biomass as biorefinery feedstocks. Unfortunately, by nature's design, lignocellulosic biomass is notoriously recalcitrant. Cellulose is the most abundant renewable carbon source on the planet and comprises glucan polysaccharides which self-assemble into paracrystalline microfibrils. The extent of cellulose crystallinity largely contributes to biomass recalcitrance. Additionally, cellulose microfibrils are embedded into both hemicellulose and lignin polymeric networks, making cellulose accessibility an additional obstacle. Pretreatment is necessary before enzymatic hydrolysis in order to liberate high yields of glucose and other fermentable sugars from biomass polysaccharides. This work discusses two pretreatment methods, supercritical CO2 and ionic liquids (ILs). Both methods utilize green solvents that do not emit toxic vapours. Mechanisms for destroying or weakening biomass recalcitrance have been explored. Various pretreatment operating parameters such as temperature, pressure, time, dry biomass/solvent ratio, water content, etc. have been investigated for the pretreatment of various biomass types such as corn stover, switchgrass, sugarcane bagasse, soft and hard wood. The two pretreatment methods have their pros and cons. For example, supercritical CO2 explosion pretreatment uses inexpensive CO2, but requires a high pressure. By comparison, while IL pretreatment does not require an elevated pressure, ILs are still too expensive for large-scale uses. Further research and development are needed to make the two green pretreatment methods practical.
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- Tingyue Gu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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- Environmental and Plant Biology Department, Ohio University Athens, OH 45701, USA
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