Founded by EU within the 7th Framework Program
Partners Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA-France), Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet (SLU-Sweden), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (ALU-Germany) Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB-Belgium), University of Southampton (SOTON-UK), Georg-August Universität Göttingen (UGOE-Germany), SweTree Biotechnologies (STT-Sweden), Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (Imperial College-UK), INRA Transfert (IT-France).
Project overview ENERGYPOPLAR aims to develop breeding lines with both desirable cell-wall traits and high biomass yield under sustainable low-input conditions to be used as a source of ligno-cellulosic feedstock for bio-ethanol. ENERGYPOPLAR integrates an multidisciplinary approach at molecular, cellular, organism, and community level to optimize the amount, composition, and structure of walls by reducing lignin content and changing wall organisation and composition in order to render poplar biomass more suitable for biofuel production.
IGA role IGA is committed to develop SNP markers to be used in marker assisted selection for the identification of genotypes carrying beneficial alleles for wood quality and yield. These advanced genotypes will serve as parental lines to produce F1 hybrids for energy production.
