Revaluation of production potential of palms as a crop for bioethanol.

2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20405017
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Crop science/Weed science
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: GOTO Yusuke 東北大学, 大学院・農学研究科, 准教授 (80122919)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAKAMURA Teiji 東北大学, 大学院・農学研究科, 助手 (70155844) ; NITTA Youji 茨城大学, 農学部, 教授 (60228252) ; NAKAMURA Satoshi 宮城大学, 食産業学部, 准教授 (00289729) ; WATANABE Manabu 岩手大学, 農学部, 助教 (00361048)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2012
• Keywords: ココヤシ / サゴヤシ / 糖生産 / デンプン生産 / ニッパヤシ / バイオエタノール / ヤシ科植物

Research Abstract

As results of inquiring and bibliographic surveys, in more than one thousand species of palmae plants there were 19 and 16 species of palms for sugar and starch, respectively. Regarding palms for sugar, 4 species (sugar palm, coconut palm, palmyra palm and nypa palm) , which was thought to have high production potential, were researched with respect to its sugar production, resulting that producing bioethanol from them were unprofitable, though a large sugar sap was obtained from them. However, only nypa palm has potential for a bioethanol crop because their sap could be gathered at a low price for its low position of inflorescence. Regarding palms for starch, sago palm was considered to be an attractive candidate of bioethanol crop due to extremely high starch production.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Transplanted sucker stem growth in sago palm (Metroxylon sagu Rottb.) before trunk formation (2013)
  • Author(s): Nakamura S., Nabeya K., Akama M., Nakamura T., Nitta Y., Watanabe M. and Goto Y
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 7th Asian Crop Science Conference Pages: 165-168
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] ロゼット期の長さの差異によるサゴヤシの匍匐生長の比較 (2013)
  • Author(s): 鍋谷佳太・中村聡・藤井昭裕・赤間睦・中村貞二・新田洋司・渡邉学・後藤雄佐
  • Journal Title: 日作紀82(別-1) Pages: 308-309
• [Journal Article] Analysis of effects ofsucker-control in the sago palm (Metroxylon sagu Rottb.) cultivation (2012)
  • Author(s): Nabeya, K., Nakamura, S., Akama, M., Nakamura, T., Nitta, Y., Watanabe, M. and Goto, Y
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 2nd ASEAN Sago Symposium 2012 Volume: CD版
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] サゴヤシにおける茎の匍匐生長とサッカーコントロール (2010)
  • Author(s): 後藤雄佐・中村聡・中村貞二・新田洋司・渡邉学
  • Journal Title: 日作紀79(別-1) Pages: 220-221
• [Journal Article] ニッパヤシ(Nypa fruticans)による糖の生産:採糖の実態調査と採液の夜間と昼間の比較 (2009)
  • Author(s): 後藤雄佐・中村聡・渡邉学・中村貞二・新田洋司
  • Journal Title: 日作紀78(別-1) Pages: 362-363
• [Presentation] Analysis of effects of sucker-control in the sago palm (Metroxylon sagu Rottb.) cultivation (2012)
  • Author(s): Nabeya, K., Nakamura, S., Akama, M., Nakamura, T., Nitta, Y., Watanabe, M. and Goto, Y
  • Organizer: 2nd ASEAN Sago Symposium 2012
  • Place of Presentation: クチン市,マレーシア
  • Year and Date: 20121029-31
• [Presentation] Transplanted sucker stem growth in sago palm (Metroxylon sagu Rottb.) before trunk formation (2011)
  • Author(s): Nakamura S., Nabeya K., Akama M., Nakamura T., Nitta Y., Watanabe M. and Goto Y
  • Organizer: The 7th Asian Crop Science Conference
  • Place of Presentation: ボゴール市,インドネシア
  • Year and Date: 20110927-30
• [Presentation] ヤシ科植物による糖・デンプン生産-サトウヤシ(Arenga pinnata)からのGula ArenとSagu-サゴヤシ学会第18回講演会 (2009)
  • Author(s): 後藤雄佐・渡邉学・新田洋司・中村聡・中村貞二
  • Place of Presentation: 東京農工大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-20
• [Presentation] Anatomical Analysis on starch accumulation in sago palm sucker (2009)
  • Author(s): Nitta, Y., Arai, Y., Warashuna, S., Goto, Y., Nakamura, S., Nakamura, T., Watanabe, M. and Matsuda, T
  • Organizer: サゴヤシ学会第18回講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京農工大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-20