1. Environmentally and economically sustainable production of fuels and chemicals from sweet sorghum
John Erickson
Jose Lopez
Terry Felderhoff
Lonnie Ingram
Ismael Nieves
Joe Sagues
Elena Ten
Frankie Tsui
Amelia Dempere
Chen Ling
Arun Srivastava
Wilfred Vermerris
University of Florida Genetics Institute
Department of Microbiology and Cell Science

2. Biofuel production from sweet sorghum in Florida
Stress tolerant (drought, heat) and limited input requirements compared to sugar cane
Minimal competition with food production
Ideal crop for transition from sugar-based to lignocellulosic biofuels
Compatible with sugarcane production
7,000 L ethanol per hectare from juice

3. Next-generation sweet sorghums: Sustainable production of fuels and chemicals from juice and bagasse
CO2
chemicals
fuels
fuels
chemicals
fermentation
juice
chemicals
bagasse
CBP
pretreatment
fermentation
pentoses
hexoses
saccharification
lignin
heat
plastics
Sweet sorghum
nanotubes

4. Improved sweet sorghum cultivars
Five new sweet sorghum cultivars with higher sugar and biomass yield compared to currently available germplasm
Excellent disease resistance
Commercial hybrid
New UF cultivars

5. Lignin nanotubes for biomedical applications
membrane
Lignin base-layer
Deposition of DHP liner
Dissolution of membrane
109 pores cm-2
109 nanotubes cm-2
Caicedo et al. (2012) Nanotechnology; Ten et al. (2014) Biomacromolecules