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Switchgrass CAD-RNAi Reduced n.d. - Plant height < Saathoff et al.

(2011)

Brachypodium COMT-4179/SNP-
indel
COMT-7591/SNP-
indel

Reduced (25%) G < ;S < ;H ¼ ;

aldh > ;
pCA < ;FA <

- Brown-midrib phenotype
- Higher enzymatic solubility

Bouvier d'Yvoire
et al. c

Unknown
locus

Maize bm2/SNP-indel Reduced ( 16%) G < ; pCA ¼ ;

FA <

- Brown-midrib phenotype Barri`re et al.

(2004a,b,c)

Maize bm4/SNP-indel Reduced ( 12%) G < ; pCA ¼ ;

FA <

- Brown-midrib phenotype Barri`re et al.

(2004a,b,c)

Maize bm5/SNP-indel Unknown Unknown - Brown-midrib phenotype Ali et al. (2010)

Maize bm6/SNP-indel Unknown Unknown - Brown-midrib phenotype Ali et al. (2010)

Maize bm7/SNP-indel Unknown Unknown - Brown-midrib phenotype Ali et al. (2010)

Maize sfe mutant Unknown FA < - Higher solubility Jung and Phillips

(2010)

Rice bc5 Reduced after

heading

n.d. - Brittle node after heading Aohara et al.

(2009)

a Relative to control plants.
b 5-OH G, 5-hydroxyguaiacyl; aldh, cinnamaldehydes; pCA, esterified p-coumaric acid; FA, etherified ferulic acid;

, increased content; , decreased content; ,

> < ¼

similar content.
c Unpublished data; n.d., no data; CAD, cinnamyl-alcohol-dehydrogenase; CCR, cinnamoyl-CoA reductase; 4CL, 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase; COMT, caffeic
acid O-methyltransferase.