By adding a naturally-occurring polymer that makes wood more porous, scientists have engineered trees easier to disassemble into simpler building blocks.
, plant-based feedstocks have been investigated, but converting woody plant biomass to fuel and other useful products is very chemically and energetically demanding.
Dr. Bourdon, former researcher at Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University who is now at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, first transformed the diminutive model plant, thale cress to biosynthesize callose in its secondary walls."We showed that the plants could accommodate a new polymer in their secondary cell walls without any negative impact on growth," he said.
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