Reaction tissue formation and stem tensile modulus properties in wild-type and P-coumarate-3-hydroxylase downregulated lines of alfalfa, Medicago sativa (Fabaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 912-925

  Patten, Ann M ^a   Jourdes, Michaël ^a   Brown, Elvie E ^a   Laborie, Marie Pierre ^a   Davin, Laurence B ^a   Lewis, Norman G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Gelatinous fiber; Lignin; Medicago sativa; P coumarate 3 hydroxylase (pC3H); Reaction tissue; Tensile modulus; Tension wood; Zinc chloro iodide

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; ENZYME; FORAGE; GENE; LIGNIN; STEM; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD POPULATION; WOOD;

FABACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 34347348907     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.6.912     Document Type: Article

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