Lignin modification improves the biofuel production potential in transgenic Populus tomentosa

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 170-177

  Wang, Hongzhi ^a   Xue, Yingxi ^a   Chen, Yajuan ^a   Li, Ruifen ^a   Wei, Jianhua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Lignin modification; Saccharification; Transgenic poplars

Indexed keywords

4-COUMARATE: COA; ANTISENSE; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS YIELD; BIOSYNTHESIS GENES; CELL WALLS; DOWN-REGULATION; FIELD TRIAL; LIGNIN CONTENTS; LIGNIN MODIFICATION; LIGNIN MODIFICATIONS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; MATURE WOOD; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PULPING PROPERTIES; STEM BIOMASS; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; SUGAR YIELD; TRANS-GENES; TRANSGENIC LINES; TRANSGENIC PLANTS; TRANSGENIC POPLARS; TRANSGENIC POPULUS; TREE CROPS; VASCULAR PLANT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; COMPOSTING; FORESTRY; GENES; LIGNIN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SACCHARIFICATION; SUGARS;

WOOD;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; CELLULOSE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIGNIN; MATURATION; OIL PRODUCTION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; COMPOSTING; FORESTRY; GENES; LIGNINS; PLANTS; SACCHARIFICATION; SUGARS; WOOD;

POPULUS; POPULUS TOMENTOSA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84855471952     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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