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Title: Final Technical Report

Abstract

The forest products industry consumes large amounts of energy. Understanding how genetic variation in trees actually controls the characteristics of wood, the major raw material utilized by the industry, is an opportunity for energy savings. For companies that are vertically integrated (i.e., have both tree production and processing operations), energy savings can accrue for both production and processing. Tree production demands nitrogen fertilizers, the manufacture of which is highly energy intensive. Wood processing for paper product manufacturing requires digestion and bleaching, both of which are more efficient when the lignin content of wood is reduced. This project identified genes involved in utilization of nitrogen from fertilizer, and the coupling of nitrogen demand to lignin content, establishing a framework for reducing tree nitrogen demand per unit carbon gained. This creates opportunities for genetic manipulation of trees for greater energy efficiency.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
884687
Report Number(s):
DOE/ID/13529-1
TRN: US200719%%280
DOE Contract Number:  
FC36-97ID13529
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; BLEACHING; CARBON; DIGESTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FERTILIZERS; FORESTS; GENES; GENETICS; LIGNIN; MANUFACTURING; NITROGEN; PROCESSING; PRODUCTION; RAW MATERIALS; TREES; WOOD

Citation Formats

Davis, John M. Final Technical Report. United States: N. p., 2005. Web. doi:10.2172/884687.
Davis, John M. Final Technical Report. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/884687
Davis, John M. 2005. "Final Technical Report". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/884687. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/884687.
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abstractNote = {The forest products industry consumes large amounts of energy. Understanding how genetic variation in trees actually controls the characteristics of wood, the major raw material utilized by the industry, is an opportunity for energy savings. For companies that are vertically integrated (i.e., have both tree production and processing operations), energy savings can accrue for both production and processing. Tree production demands nitrogen fertilizers, the manufacture of which is highly energy intensive. Wood processing for paper product manufacturing requires digestion and bleaching, both of which are more efficient when the lignin content of wood is reduced. This project identified genes involved in utilization of nitrogen from fertilizer, and the coupling of nitrogen demand to lignin content, establishing a framework for reducing tree nitrogen demand per unit carbon gained. This creates opportunities for genetic manipulation of trees for greater energy efficiency.},
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year = {Thu Mar 31 00:00:00 EST 2005},
month = {Thu Mar 31 00:00:00 EST 2005}
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