Two-year field analysis of reduced recalcitrance transgenic switchgrass

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 914-924

  Baxter, Holly L ^a,b   Mazarei, Mitra ^a,b   Labbe, Nicole ^a   Kline, Lindsey M ^a   Cheng, Qunkang ^a   Windham, Mark T ^a   Mann, David G J ^a,b   Fu, Chunxiang ^b,c   Ziebell, Angela ^b,d   Sykes, Robert W ^b,d   Rodriguez, Miguel ^b   Davis, Mark F ^b,d   Mielenz, Jonathan R ^b   Dixon, Richard A ^b,e   Wang, Zeng Yu ^b,c   Stewart, C Neal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

COMT; Field trial; Lignocellulosic biofuel; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

PANICUM VIRGATUM; PUCCINIA;

ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; CAFFEATE O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CELLULOSE; LIGNIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PANICUM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DOWN-REGULATION; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGNIN; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PANICUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84906245524     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12195     Document Type: Article

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