“…Breeding programs are in place for most relevant PBC. These exploit the genetic variability and have already delivered genotypes at varying levels of advancement (Clifton‐Brown et al, ; Fabbrini et al, ; Hoeber et al, ) - The chemical composition and physical properties of PBC biomass can be tailored to biomass utilization chains by the optimization of harvest time (Mangold, Lewandowski, & Kiesel, , ), appropriate selection of available cultivars (Schäfer, Sattler, Iqbal, Lewandowski, & Bunzel, ) and, in the long term, through breeding programs (see Clifton‐Brown et al, ). Biomass from PBC thus has a more consistent composition than biomass from wastes, which come from a variety of sources, and is therefore more suitable for conversion pathways with specific quality requirements.
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