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TABLE I
Lignin Content and Composition in Conifers with Modified Monolignol Biosynthesis
Material/transgenic
line
Lignin content
(w/w)
Percent of wild-type
lignin
Species
H:G-ratio
References
4CL-RNAi
Plant
P. radiata
18.5
1.9
63.4%
0.16
Wagner et al. (2009)
TEs
P. radiata
10.3
0.4
37.0%
0.27
Wagner et al. (unpublished results)
HCT-RNAi
TEs
P. radiata
16.7
0.1
60.1%
0.44
Wagner et al. (2007)
CCoAOMT-RNAi
TEs
P. radiata
21.0
0.1
75.5%
0.05
Wagner et al. (2011)
CCR-RNAi
Plant
Wadenb
¨
ck et al. (2008)
P. abies
26.1
0.4
92.2%
n.d.
CAD-RNAi
Plant
M
¨
ller et al. (2005)
P. radiata
29.4
0.6
102.0%
n.d.
cad-n1 mutant
Plant
P. taeda
28.9
0.5
91.2%
0.11
Lapierre et al. (2000)
,
MacKay et al.
(1997)
n.d., not determined; TE, tracheary elements.
