Lignin and biomass: A negative correlation for wood formation and lignin content in trees

Plant Physiology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 555-561

  Novaes, Evandro ^a   Kirst, Matias ^a   Chiang, Vincent ^b   Winter Sederoff, Heike ^b   Sederoff, Ronald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77957730551     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.161281     Document Type: Article

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