Modifying crops to increase cell wall digestibility

Plant Science

Volumn 185-186, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-77

  Jung, Hans Joachim G ^a   Samac, Deborah A ^a   Sarath, Gautam ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Digestibility; Ferulates; Lignin; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; LIGNIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; BOVIDS; CELL WALL; CROP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; POACEAE; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BIOFUELS; CELL WALL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGNIN; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POACEAE; POLYSACCHARIDES; RUMINANTS; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; POACEAE;

EID: 84856658756     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.10.014     Document Type: Review

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