Queensland CRC works on one of the world’s most efficient
producers of carbon With the demand for sustainable energy and renewable bioproducts increasing, a Brisbane-based CRC is working on one of the world’s most efficient producers of carbon, sugarcane, to identify sought-after new environmentally friendly bioproducts.
Research - one step closer to sought-after bioproductsSugarcane is currently used in Australia and around the world as a source of sugar and ethanol fuel, but new research into the plant shows it has a lot more to offer in bioproducts. According to CSIRO researcher, Dr Anne Rae, understanding the internal workings of the sugarcane plant will help the Australian sugarcane industry get one step closer to developing these products which could include renewable chemical feedstocks, bio-pharmaceuticals and plastics precursors.
Wild sugarcane is not so sweet to farmers
Sugarcane is the basis of a major commercial industry in Australia and over the years has had to deal with a variety of biological pests such as fungal, bacterial and insect. Saccharum spontaneum or wild sugarcane is potentially a weedy species native to tropical Africa and Asia that has spread to other regions including Australia. Not only is the wild sugarcane invasive, it also has the potential to hybridize with commercial sugarcane.
Queensland CRC works on one of the world’s most efficient
producers of carbon With the demand for sustainable energy and renewable bioproducts increasing, a Brisbane-based CRC is working on one of the world’s most efficient producers of carbon, sugarcane, to identify sought-after new environmentally friendly bioproducts.
Research - one step closer to sought-after bioproductsSugarcane is currently used in Australia and around the world as a source of sugar and ethanol fuel, but new research into the plant shows it has a lot more to offer in bioproducts. According to CSIRO researcher, Dr Anne Rae, understanding the internal workings of the sugarcane plant will help the Australian sugarcane industry get one step closer to developing these products which could include renewable chemical feedstocks, bio-pharmaceuticals and plastics precursors.
Wild sugarcane is not so sweet to farmers
Sugarcane is the basis of a major commercial industry in Australia and over the years has had to deal with a variety of biological pests such as fungal, bacterial and insect. Saccharum spontaneum or wild sugarcane is potentially a weedy species native to tropical Africa and Asia that has spread to other regions including Australia. Not only is the wild sugarcane invasive, it also has the potential to hybridize with commercial sugarcane.