Effect of lignin genetic modification on wood anatomy of aspen trees

IAWA Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-38

  Horvath, Balazs ^a   Peszlen, Ilona ^a   Peralta, Perry ^a   Kasal, Bohumil ^b   Li, Laigeng ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Lignin content; Populus tremuloides; Quaking aspen; Quantitative wood anatomy; Syringyl to guaiacyl ratio; Transgenic trees; Vessel and fiber morphology

Indexed keywords

POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 77649213151     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000003     Document Type: Article

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