Reduced wood stiffness and strength, and altered stem form, in young antisense 4CL transgenic poplars with reduced lignin contents

New Phytologist

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1096-1109

  Voelker, Steven L ^a   Lachenbruch, Barbara ^a   Meinzer, Frederick C ^b   Strauss, Steven H ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Buckling safety factor; Lignin; Stem form; Tension wood; Transgenic poplar; Wood stiffness; Wood strength

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; LIGNIN; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE;

BIOFUEL; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIAMETER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEIGHT; LIGNIN; PERENNIAL PLANT; STIFFNESS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WOOD QUALITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASPEN; BIOMASS; BIOMECHANICS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WOOD; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMASS; BIOMECHANICS; COENZYME A LIGASES; ELASTIC MODULUS; LIGNIN; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS; RNA, ANTISENSE; WOOD;

POPULUS; POPULUS SP.;

EID: 79551562545     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03572.x     Document Type: Article

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