Carbohydrate-based phenotyping of the green macroalga Ulva fasciata using near-infrared spectrometry: potential implications for marine biorefinery

Abstract

AbstractMarine macroalgal biomass is a promising sustainable feedstock for biorefineries. However, the development of macroalgal biomass for industrial cultivation and processing has been slow. In terrestrial plants, high-throughput phenotyping provides rapid imaging methods to select specimens with required properties, rapidly transforming traditional breeding techniques. To foster the development of macroalgal biomass for biorefinery applications, we developed a near-infrared spectrometry-based method for rapid phenotyping of the macroalga