Lignin Impact on Fiber Degradation: Increased Enzymatic Digestibility of Genetically Engineered Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) Stems Reduced in Lignin Content

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1977-1983

  Sewalt, Vincent J H ^a   Ni, Weiting ^a,b   Jung, Hans G ^b   Dixon, Richard A ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Genetic engineering; Lignin; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0001259496     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9609690     Document Type: Article

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