Modifying lignin to improve bioenergy feedstocks: Strengthening the barrier against pathogens?

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Sattler, Scott E ^a,b   Funnell Harris, Deanna L ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown midrib; CAD; COMT; Lignin; Monolignol pathway; Plant pathogens

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893428105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00070     Document Type: Review

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