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Corn Amylase : Improving the Efficiency and Environmental Footprint of Corn to Ethanol through Plant Biotechnology

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dc.contributor.authorUrbanchuk, John M.eng
dc.contributor.authorKowalski, Daniel J.eng
dc.contributor.authorDale, Bruceeng
dc.contributor.authorKim, Seungdo, 1961-eng
dc.date.issued2009eng
dc.description.abstractTreatment of starch-based grain with an alpha-amylase enzyme is essential to convert available starch to fermentable sugars in the production of ethanol. In an effort to improve the efficiencies of corn-based ethanol production, Syngenta has developed a new variety of corn that expresses alpha-amylase directly in the seed endosperm. This technology represents a novel approach to improving ethanol production in a way that can be integrated smoothly into the existing infrastructure. Between October 2007 and December 2008, Syngenta, in collaboration with Western Plains Energy, LLC, of Oakley, Kansas, conducted a commercial- scale trial of Corn Amylase.eng
dc.identifier.citationAgBioForum, 12(2) 2009: 149-154.eng
dc.identifier.issn1522-936Xeng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/3795
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherAgBioForumeng
dc.relation.ispartofcollectionAgBioForum, vol. 12, no. 2 (2009)eng
dc.rightsOpenAccess.eng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.source.urihttp://www.agbioforum.missouri.edu/v12n2/v12n2a01-stone.htmeng
dc.subjectalpha-amylaseeng
dc.subjectenergy balanceeng
dc.subjectgreenhouse gaseng
dc.subject.lcshCorn -- Breedingeng
dc.subject.lcshCorn -- Genetic engineeringeng
dc.subject.lcshEthanol as fueleng
dc.subject.lcshAlcohol -- Biotechnologyeng
dc.subject.lcshAmylaseseng
dc.subject.lcshAlcohol as fuel -- Environmental aspectseng
dc.titleCorn Amylase : Improving the Efficiency and Environmental Footprint of Corn to Ethanol through Plant Biotechnologyeng
dc.typeArticleeng


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