Table 9: Components of variation and means for feedstock composition components (%) and predicted ethanol content (mL kg-1) in leaf and stem tissue estimated based on half-sib progeny performance at Knoxville, TN (2012).
Feedstock components | Cellulose | Hemicellulose | Lignin | Ethanol content |
Source of variation | ------------------------Component of variation ------------------------- | |||
Germplasm source | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.53 |
HS progeny/germplasm | 0.22** | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Tissue type/Germ*source | 0.14* | 5.62** | 1.02** | 37.9** |
Residual | 1.98** | 2.32** | 0.35** | 43.00** |
------------------------------Means by tissue type --------------------------- | ||||
Mean leaves | 41.7 a | 39.2 b | 4.0 b | 266 b |
Mean Stem | 40.8 b | 43.6 a | 6.0 a | 277 a |
Whole plant | 41.0 | 41.4 | 5.0 | 272 |
*Significant at 0.05 probability level;**Significant at 0.01 probability level.